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Eriosomatinae
A very small insect with a blue body. It has small wings, but didn't seem to use them. Instead it floated through the air apparently using it's fluffy white extensions that protrude from its back.
Deciduous forest
Looked like a fluffy white seed that is dispersed via wind.
Spotted on Jun 21, 2012
Submitted on Jun 22, 2012
5 Comments
Awesome! Saw this a few days ago and it looked to me like a fly with a white sheet over it--like a ghost!
Thank you for your help. This is one of the coolest insects I have ever found! Glad I know what it is now.
I agree that this is probably a Woolly Aphid.
oops think I found it
Eriosomatinae - Woolly Aphids
not sure but seen some talk. Maybe one of the nymph stages to Anormenis chloris