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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) » Chaitophorinae » Chaitophorini » Maple aphids (Periphyllus)
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Winged Aphids - Periphyllus
Copyright © 2012 Naomi Smith

Winged Aphids - Periphyllus
Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
May 12, 2012
Size: 1/2 centimeter app.
These were all over my Japanese Maple. Is it possible to ID them to species? Am I looking at 2 stages of the same insect or 2 different insects.
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Contributed by Naomi Smith on 12 May, 2012 - 9:34pm
Last updated 20 August, 2020 - 4:01pm

Moved
Moved from Aphids.

Uh sorry for the 5 moves, not sure why that happened.

These are the same species, the two without wings are alatoid nymphs, meaning they will molt and become adults with wings.
… Natalie Hernandez, 20 August, 2020 - 4:01pm login or register to post comments

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… v belov, 13 May, 2012 - 5:37pm login or register to post comments

Likely the same species
since aphids usually live in groups.
Maybe ants think of them as "herds." :-)
… stan gilliam, 13 May, 2012 - 8:36am login or register to post comments

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