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| RamiP |
Posted on 13-09-2016 21:29
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Member Location: Posts: 5739 Joined: 25.04.15 |
13.9.16 in Jyväskylä, Finland
RamiP attached the following image:  [42.8Kb] Edited by RamiP on 14-09-2016 12:13 |
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| Juergen Peters |
Posted on 13-09-2016 22:15
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 Member Location: northwest Germany Posts: 13910 Joined: 11.09.04 |
Hello, it is a plantlouse. Possibly Lachnidae (but I am no expert). Best regards, Jürgen -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Juergen Peters Borgholzhausen, Germany WWW: http://insektenfo... -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= |
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| Sundew |
Posted on 13-09-2016 22:45
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 Member Location: Berlin and Baden-Württemberg, Germany Posts: 3915 Joined: 28.07.07 |
Lachninae is a subfamily of Aphididae. Your animal should be Tuberolachnus salignus, the Giant Willow Aphid (cp. http://www.pbase..../146444074); it is the only species of Tuberolachnus in Europe. To identify aphid species it is important to know the host plant (in this case Salix species). I found this for the first time recently , the size of it was quite impressive - first I thought of a bug or small beetle, but on the screen it turned out to be a plant louse. |
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| RamiP |
Posted on 14-09-2016 12:12
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Member Location: Posts: 5739 Joined: 25.04.15 |
Thanks for both, especially for Claudia from very interesting information. This was on the trunk of birch. It was really giant and I thought first, that it is bug. Rami |
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