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Length about 2.5 cm
Is it a kind of Flatidae nymph (have a tail of waxy filaments)?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flatidae
The suggested ID - asian wooly hackberry aphid is only about 2mm in length.
ChunXingWong, I've corrected the color in the photo so it looked like when I saw it.
This impressed me because the insects are relatively large in size and can fly.
May I know what is it's true color?
I mean it's original color underneath those white hairs.
I have seen one here in Malaysia too, also about 1 inch.
The one I spotted is yellow underneath those white hairs.
Or possibly the Mealy bug destroyer- http://bugguide.net/index.php?q=search&a......
Yes it is about an inch. This insect flew into the bush before I managed to take a picture again.
Spotted on May 9, 2011
Submitted on Feb 6, 2012
