Identification, Images, & Information
For Insects, Spiders & Their Kin
For the United States & Canada
Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies (Hemiptera) » Plant-parasitic Hemipterans (Sternorrhyncha) » Aphidoidea » Aphids (Aphididae) » Aphidinae » Macrosiphini
Photo#340384
Aphid?
Copyright © 2009 Ray Lemke

Aphid?
Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, USA
October 1, 2009
Size: 3mm
I found several of these on my tomato plant leaves. Is this a species of aphid?

Images of this individual: tag all
Aphid? Aphid?
Contributed by Ray Lemke on 4 October, 2009 - 6:35pm
Last updated 11 February, 2010 - 9:46pm

Moved
Moved from Aphidinae.
… Charley Eiseman, 11 February, 2010 - 9:46pm

Moved
Moved from Greenbug.
… Charley Eiseman, 11 February, 2010 - 9:32pm

Moved
Moved from Aphids.
… Mike Quinn, 11 February, 2010 - 1:58pm

Moved
Moved from Potato Aphid. Sorry, changed my mind. The green peach aphid, Myzus persicae, is also found on tomato and looks like a better match, but maybe not a perfect match.
… Charley Eiseman, 15 October, 2009 - 12:35am

Moved
Moved from Aphids.
… Charley Eiseman, 15 October, 2009 - 12:15am

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Ray Lemke, 5 October, 2009 - 3:15pm

Disclaimer: Dedicated naturalists volunteer their time and resources here to provide this service. We strive to provide accurate information, but we are mostly just amateurs attempting to make sense of a diverse natural world. If you need expert professional advice, contact your local extension office.

Contributors own the copyright to and are solely responsible for contributed content.
Click the contributor's name for licensing and usage information.
Everything else copyright © 2003-2024 Iowa State University, unless otherwise noted.

Bugguide is hosted by:

Plant Pathology, Entomology and Microbiology at Iowa State University logo