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Giant bark aphid

Longistigma caryae

Description:

1 cm long funky looking little guy.

Habitat:

Burgess Falls, Tennessee

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8 Comments

KarenL
KarenL 11 years ago

Chun, I checked out your link & it does look very similar.
Margarita, it certainly is!

MargaritaOrlova
MargaritaOrlova 11 years ago

Really giant for an aphid!

ChunXingWong
ChunXingWong 11 years ago

Looks like one of my spottings from China http://www.flickr.com/photos/wong_chun_x...
I assume these are Longistigma aphids too.

KarenL
KarenL 11 years ago

Thank you harsuame!
Argy it is huge compared to the other aphids around here too! A well named critter!

Mark Ridgway
Mark Ridgway 11 years ago

Excellent set of pics karen. 1cm is huge compared to our garden aphids. They would be struggling to get over 1mm. Very interesting insect.

rutasandinas
rutasandinas 11 years ago

Bellas series

KarenL
KarenL 11 years ago

Thanks Mary! I was at a bit of a loss how to describe this one!

MaryEvans2
MaryEvans2 11 years ago

wonderful spot and photo, and love your description :)

KarenL
Spotted by
KarenL

Tennessee, USA

Spotted on Apr 24, 2012
Submitted on Apr 25, 2012

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