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Black Bean Aphid (Aphis fabae)
Photo#4068
Copyright © 2004
Don Woodman
No idea. Ticks? -
Aphis fabae
Federal Way, Washington, USA
May 29, 2004
Found thousands of these clustered like this near the top of thistles. Small, bluish in color. Largest is about 1.5-2mm. Not much activity, very slow moving, even on a warm (90 deg or so) day.
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Contributed by
Don Woodman
on 5 June, 2004 - 12:16am
Last updated 1 March, 2010 - 6:46pm
Moved
Moved from
Aphids
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Charley Eiseman
, 7 December, 2009 - 9:42pm
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Aphis fabae
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Andrew Jensen
, 7 December, 2009 - 9:01pm
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Aphids
Not sure in the exact species (though there probably is one that mainly lives on thistle), but those are aphids. I've posted a shot of them as well:
They cannot bite you.
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Tony DiTerlizzi
, 5 June, 2004 - 7:05am
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