Tiny insect - Periphyllus

Moved

Moved from Chaitophorinae.

… Charley Eiseman, 21 December, 2010 - 2:48pm

Moved

Moved from Aphids.

… Ken Wolgemuth, 20 December, 2010 - 6:30pm

Definitely Chaitophorinae, probably Periphyllus.

… Andrew Jensen, 20 December, 2010 - 6:06pm

What sources do you use?

This has nothing to do with this picture, I'm just curious what you use to key out/ID aphids because I'm working with the family in Wisconsin for grad school. I'm still sorting out all the traps I collected over the summer, but am almost done and have to start IDing all my aphids to species soon!

… Natalie Hernandez, 20 December, 2010 - 6:21pm

I'm not sure Andy's subscribed

to the images he comments on, so you might try emailing him directly. (If he is subscribed, he's still unlikely to see your question, since he'll be getting a notification for every image that's moved in response to the ~100 IDs he just made!)

… Charley Eiseman, 21 December, 2010 - 2:45pm

Thanks Charley!

I was going to email him if he didn't respond soon but I'll just do it now :)

… Natalie Hernandez, 21 December, 2010 - 2:47pm

Moved

Moved from ID Request.

… Brad Barnd, 20 August, 2010 - 2:58am

Aphid, I think.

Without knowing the host plant, it might not be possible to take it much further than that, unfortunately.

… Ken Wolgemuth, 30 July, 2010 - 8:09pm

That's interesting!

I've never seen a brown aphid before.

… Dorothy E. Pugh, 30 July, 2010 - 8:11pm

They come in all colors.

Just take a look here.

… Ken Wolgemuth, 30 July, 2010 - 8:13pm

Yeah hard to get any further :)

Wingless aphids are tough to ID even if you know host plant sometimes. The family in general is tough, and with an image like this not all the distinguishing characteristics are visible.

… Natalie Hernandez, 30 July, 2010 - 9:24pm

Sorry

No, it wasn't a very good image. But 1 mm in length is the smallest I can get with my camera. It was enough to know it was an aphid. Thanks!

… Dorothy E. Pugh, 31 July, 2010 - 5:40pm

Oh no its not your fault!

You would have to get much much much closer to ID this aphid any further and I do not expect any cameras to be able to do that :)Other than a camera on a very high magnification stereoscope :-P

… Natalie Hernandez, 31 July, 2010 - 7:37pm

hoping I'm wrong

looks a lot like a bedbug:

… Sara Rall , 30 July, 2010 - 7:49pm

Maybe not

I found this insect outside, far from the bedbug's natural habitat. And the shape doesn't really match.

… Dorothy E. Pugh, 30 July, 2010 - 8:09pm