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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) » Aphidinae » Aphidini » Aphidina » Aphis
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Aphid Ecology in One Picture - Aphis
Copyright © 2006 Chuck Entz

Aphid Ecology in One Picture - Aphis
Encino, Los Angeles County, California, USA
February 16, 2006
Aphids are feeding on Salvia brandegei, a California native sage, giving honeydew to Argentine Ants (Linepithema humile), and being eaten by a syrphid larva. To top it off, the big brown aphid looks like it's been parasitized by an aphid mummifier wasp.

Any ID on the syrphid or the aphids?
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Contributed by Chuck Entz on 18 February, 2006 - 9:15am
Last updated 28 December, 2010 - 8:33pm

Moved
Moved from Aphids.
… tom murray, 28 December, 2010 - 8:33pm login or register to post comments

ID
Aphis
… Andrew Jensen, 28 December, 2010 - 1:21pm login or register to post comments

Moved
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… Chuck Entz, 28 April, 2006 - 11:58pm login or register to post comments

What a great shot!
Getting past ID into behavioral records like this is what I really want to spend the most time at.
… Jim McClarin, 18 February, 2006 - 5:05pm login or register to post comments

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