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Eriosoma? Paraprociphilus tessellatus?
Copyright © 2009 Doug Smith

Eriosoma? Paraprociphilus tessellatus?
Chesterfield County, Virginia, USA
June 1, 2009
Size: 1/4"
Flying in groups at edge of mixed forest

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Eriosoma? Paraprociphilus tessellatus? Eriosoma? Paraprociphilus tessellatus?
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Contributed by Doug Smith on 1 June, 2009 - 1:45pm
Last updated 31 October, 2009 - 12:33am

Moved
Moved from unidentified woolly aphids.
… Charley Eiseman, 31 October, 2009 - 12:33am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Aphids.
… Beatriz Moisset, 21 September, 2009 - 4:49pm login or register to post comments

Host plant?
Knowing the host plant may help figure this one out, particularly if you saw a number of them on this plant. There are several different genera of woolly aphids.
… Charley Eiseman, 26 June, 2009 - 7:41pm login or register to post comments

 
no host
Many of these were flying in the air, not on a plant. The one in this picture is on a wood rail where it rested for a ew seconds and took off again.
… Doug Smith, 21 September, 2009 - 7:31pm login or register to post comments

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