Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Aphid ID

Posted by FRV on 30-10-2018 19:27
#1

Hi,

I would like to identify this aphid photographed at the end of August in the suburbs of Paris (on a lawn).
2-3mm.
Any idea of it identity? Thanks for help,
FRV

Posted by Sundew on 30-10-2018 19:58
#2

I might be helpful to know the host plant...

Posted by FRV on 30-10-2018 20:38
#3

I think it may be the curly dock Rumex cripus.

Posted by Sundew on 30-10-2018 20:52
#4

So Aphis evonymi comes close, which does not only feed on Euonymus europaeus, but may also live on Rumex - see http://influentia..._aphid.htm.
I wished I knew Aphids better!
Regards, Sundew

Posted by FRV on 30-10-2018 21:25
#5

Thanks Sundew, actually I have checked from pictures on internet and my specimen very much looks like Aphis evonymi!

FRV