Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Giant aphid
Posted by ChrisR on 22-05-2011 21:35
#1
Can anyone put a name to this huge (1cm) aphid? Seen yesterday (21/5/2011) in South Oxfordshire, England :)
Posted by Sara21392 on 22-05-2011 22:11
#2
You saw it on what plant? because I can't see cornicle?! I want to be sure! :)
Posted by ChrisR on 22-05-2011 22:13
#3
It was sitting on a metal gate-post but it was under a large tree that we call "Spindle" (
Euonymus sp.) :)
Posted by Sara21392 on 22-05-2011 22:28
#4
If it was on a needle leave tree (like Pine) I said it is Adelgidae but now I just know another family that doesn't have conicle and it is Aphididae and Eriosomatinae subfamily!! but this subfamily usually create scabies on their host plant and I don't know you saw it on that tree or no!?
Sorry, I'd like to help but I think I couldn't!! :|
Posted by ChrisR on 22-05-2011 22:36
#5
A few meters along the hedge there are many Yew trees (
Taxus baccata) so it's possible it came from them ... but I only saw this one so maybe it is impossible to say more ... never mind :)
Edited by ChrisR on 22-05-2011 22:36
Posted by Tony Irwin on 22-05-2011 23:23
#6
Cinara piceae?
Posted by ChrisR on 22-05-2011 23:25
#7
That looks like a spot-on match to me (with my very limited knowledge of aphids!) :D
Thanks Tony & Sara :)