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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies (Hemiptera) » Plant-parasitic Hemipterans (Sternorrhyncha) » Aphidoidea » Aphids (Aphididae) » Calaphidinae » Panaphidini » Myzocallidina » Myzocallis » Subgenus Neomyzocallis (Myzocallis Subgenus Neomyzocallis) » Myzocallis asclepiadis
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More aphids mixed with the oleander ones - Myzocallis asclepiadis
Copyright © 2009 Beatriz Moisset

More aphids mixed with the oleander ones - Myzocallis asclepiadis
Schuylkill Nature Center, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA
November 10, 2009
Now that I know, I find them all the time. Where there is a cluster of Aphis nerii on common milkweed, about one of ten or one of twenty is this species. They are a little smaller and rather inconspicuous, that is why they go unnoticed.
The tiny white dot to the right is probably an early instar; I have found many of those.

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Contributed by Beatriz Moisset on 13 November, 2009 - 8:06pm
Last updated 22 March, 2019 - 1:32pm

Interesting!
Looks like you own the category. Might I run across these in California? I'll start looking.
… Ron Hemberger, 13 November, 2009 - 9:55pm login or register to post comments

 
Good luck!
I hope that you find some milkweed aphids next year. These ones or others. There is a third species of milkweed aphids that I think I have seen but have no good photos yet. Here.
These ones were found on common milkweed; the USDA map shows no common milkweed in CA, but maybe other milkweeds have the same or perhaps other interesting species of aphids. So, give it a try; it is encouraging to see that some aphids are finally getting identified.
… Beatriz Moisset, 14 November, 2009 - 8:36am login or register to post comments

 
Common milkweed
I'm guessing that's the thick-leaved stuff I grew up with as a kid in Ohio. There's one similar variety here, but something like 106 species in California. Will keep looking.
… Ron Hemberger, 14 November, 2009 - 10:40am login or register to post comments

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