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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 » Calaphidini » Calaphidina » Euceraphis
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Calaphidinae - Euceraphis
Copyright © 2011 Charley Eiseman

Calaphidinae - Euceraphis
Butter Hill Wildlife Sanctuary, Pelham, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA
July 7, 2011
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Contributed by Charley Eiseman on 6 December, 2011 - 7:16pm
Last updated 23 July, 2018 - 12:37pm

Moved
Moved from Aphids.
… Charley Eiseman, 23 July, 2018 - 12:37pm login or register to post comments

Is this a fungal infection?
I can't think of any aphids with elongate antennae like that that also produce wax. Maybe something is just slipping my mind (and obviously I can't ID every species there is). Also, when you look at those species known to produce wax its not generally on the legs. I'm just speculating, I could be totally wrong, but just my thought. You know more about insect fungi that I do I think :)
… Natalie Hernandez, 13 March, 2012 - 4:26pm login or register to post comments

 
Wax, not fungus
Browse around in the Calaphidinae--it seems to be typical of the birch-feeding species to have this woolly wax on their legs and antennae.
… Charley Eiseman, 13 March, 2012 - 5:50pm login or register to post comments

 
Ah I see.
I finally found some images of Euceraphis that are in fact waxy on the legs. Interesting. I didn't know that happened :)
… Natalie Hernandez, 21 March, 2012 - 1:35pm login or register to post comments

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