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Aphids on Treebark in Chapel Hill - Drepanaphis
Copyright © 2013 matthewT3Dedwards

Aphids on Treebark in Chapel Hill - Drepanaphis
Campus of University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, Orange County, North Carolina, USA
November 23, 2013
Size: Smaller: 2 mm. Larger-4mm
ID's for any of these 3 are appreciated. They were on a Maple Tree.
The Large One might be Subfamily Lachninae.
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Contributed by matthewT3Dedwards on 23 November, 2013 - 6:45pm
Last updated 11 January, 2014 - 1:39pm

Moved
Moved from Aphids.
… Charley Eiseman, 14 December, 2013 - 7:36am login or register to post comments

Drepanaphis.
Even though this is not the best image, this is genus Drephanaphis. They have distinct vasiform siphunculi and hostplants are members of the genus Acer. The two smaller are likely immatures.

For future reference this is a small aphid, Lachninae are much larger, and usually very hairy. It would also be very unusual to find melon aphids on any type of tree, especially as an immature.
… Natalie Hernandez, 14 December, 2013 - 1:09am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Charley Eiseman, 9 December, 2013 - 9:39am login or register to post comments

Aphids
Might the 2 smaller ones be Melon Aphids?
… matthewT3Dedwards, 6 December, 2013 - 4:29pm login or register to post comments

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