Thread subject: Diptera.info :: White flying cotton
Posted by Gea on 02-06-2005 12:28
#1
I found a fly (I assume its a fly) in my garden yesterday and I'm wondering what it is. It is about 3-4 mm long and it looks like it has pieces of white cotton all over its body and face (the pieces of cotton seem to be missing here and there). Its wings are transparent and its antenna are about half the length of its body.
Does anyone know what this can be? I can post a picture if needed.
Thanx in advance!
Gea
Posted by Paul Beuk on 02-06-2005 12:32
#2
Sounds like a woolly aphid. You can see one
here on http://www.giffbeaton.com/2004-06-07_0160_woolyaphid.jpg.
Posted by Gea on 02-06-2005 12:52
#3
Thanx a lot for that fast response Paul!
It looks like it but yet also a bit different (this one has no ''cotton'' on its legs)
Here's a picture.
Posted by Paul Beuk on 02-06-2005 13:21
#4
It could be
Eriosoma lanigerum, the very common woolly apple aphid ([appel]bloedluis). Unfortunately, most images you will find are of colonies on trees and shrubs for which no alates (winged specimens) are shown,
Posted by Gea on 02-06-2005 19:35
#5
That's right I've been looking for pictures but its hard to find pictures of individuals with wings.
But thanx to you I have at least an idea in what direction to search now.:)