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ChrisR	#1 Posted on 22-05-2011 21:35
Administrator Location: Reading, England Posts: 7699 Joined: 12.07.04	Can anyone put a name to this huge (1cm) aphid? Seen yesterday (21/5/2011) in South Oxfordshire, England ChrisR attached the following image: [107.42Kb] Manager of the UK Species Inventory in the Angela Marmont Centre for UK Biodiversity at the Natural History Museum, London.


Sara21392	#2 Posted on 22-05-2011 22:11
Member Location: Posts: 1445 Joined: 07.11.10	You saw it on what plant? because I can't see cornicle?! I want to be sure! Sincerely yours Sara


ChrisR	#3 Posted on 22-05-2011 22:13
Administrator Location: Reading, England Posts: 7699 Joined: 12.07.04	It was sitting on a metal gate-post but it was under a large tree that we call "Spindle" (Euonymus sp.) Manager of the UK Species Inventory in the Angela Marmont Centre for UK Biodiversity at the Natural History Museum, London.


Sara21392	#4 Posted on 22-05-2011 22:28
Member Location: Posts: 1445 Joined: 07.11.10	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!! Sincerely yours Sara


ChrisR	#5 Posted on 22-05-2011 22:36
Administrator Location: Reading, England Posts: 7699 Joined: 12.07.04	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 Manager of the UK Species Inventory in the Angela Marmont Centre for UK Biodiversity at the Natural History Museum, London.


Tony Irwin	#6 Posted on 22-05-2011 23:23
Member Location: Norwich, England Posts: 7226 Joined: 19.11.04	Cinara piceae? Tony ---------- Tony Irwin


ChrisR	#7 Posted on 22-05-2011 23:25
Administrator Location: Reading, England Posts: 7699 Joined: 12.07.04	That looks like a spot-on match to me (with my very limited knowledge of aphids!) Thanks Tony & Sara Manager of the UK Species Inventory in the Angela Marmont Centre for UK Biodiversity at the Natural History Museum, London.