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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) » Woolly Aphids and Gall-making Aphids (Eriosomatinae)
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Root aphids
Copyright © 2012 Ben Gray

Root aphids
Middlesex Fells, Medford, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
April 1, 2012
These were found under a rock with some ants:

In this image, it looks like they are secreting a honeydew-like liquid... is it possible that the ants are 'milking' them?

Any help with an ID is appreciated. Thanks!

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Contributed by Ben Gray on 1 April, 2012 - 5:14pm

Geoica sp.??
There is an interactive key here and I am wondering if this is a Geoica sp.? I'm really bad with keys and could only fill in a couple items but maybe someone else could take a stab at it.
… Steve Nanz, 15 October, 2014 - 5:22am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… v belov, 1 April, 2012 - 5:40pm login or register to post comments

Root aphids?
… john and jane balaban, 1 April, 2012 - 5:18pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks!
Thanks for the ID! That makes a lot of sense, it did look like the ants were tending them, I just didn't even know root aphids existed! Very cool.
… Ben Gray, 1 April, 2012 - 6:06pm login or register to post comments

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