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Brown aphid on echinacea

Brown aphid on echinacea
Fredericton, York County, New Brunswick, Canada
October 27, 2013
A brown aphid larger than the "normal" green aphids (which were also present). Found on a decorative table under a birch tree and also in the dried heads of Echinacea flowers (this image). Resembles Pterocomma.

Moved
Moved from Aphids.

Definitely not Pterocomma
Pterocomma are willow aphids. They were probably coming from the birch tree, and the most common birch aphids are Calaphidinae. Can't see the siphunculi or cauda though so not sure.

It also looks like an Ovipara with that elongate abdomen. An egg laying morph, which are not as wells studied since they're only produced in the fall, along with males, to mate and lay eggs for overwintering.

Somewhat resembles the oviparae here:

http://www.aphidsonworldsplants.info/Euceraphis%20article.htm?LMCL=LblTsQ

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