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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 » Macrosiphini » Macrosiphum » Potato Aphid (Macrosiphum euphorbiae)
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aphids on petunia - Macrosiphum euphorbiae
Copyright © 2010 Molly Jacobson

aphids on petunia - Macrosiphum euphorbiae
Merrimack, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, USA
August 28, 2010
I didn't realize how bad this infestation was on my mom's petunias. but they are almost ready to die anyway so I left the aphids. They all seem to have these three black spots.
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Contributed by Molly Jacobson on 1 September, 2010 - 9:07am
Last updated 17 December, 2010 - 6:35pm

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… Charley Eiseman, 17 December, 2010 - 6:35pm login or register to post comments

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On Petunia, this would be Macrosiphum euphorbiae, potato aphid. The black spots will vary because they are the eyes of the unborn young.
… Andrew Jensen, 17 December, 2010 - 6:17pm login or register to post comments

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