Thread subject: Diptera.info :: [Homoptera] Pemphigidae sp

Posted by crex on 02-12-2006 23:28
#1

Anyone know these little cuties? From midwest Sweden 2006-OCT-13.

Edit: Changed subject (Fuzzy baby-blue thingie)

Edited by crex on 03-12-2006 12:04

Posted by crex on 02-12-2006 23:29
#2

Close-up ... Forgot to mention they were dead, stuck on cob web. Size about 2-3 mm, I think.

Edited by crex on 02-12-2006 23:30

Posted by Tony Irwin on 03-12-2006 00:26
#3

Almost certainly a pemphigid aphid. Several familes of aphid have alates that produce fluffy wax. These look most like one of the Pemphigidae.

Posted by crex on 03-12-2006 12:03
#4

Thank you Tony. There are 38 species of this family in Sweden ... and in England (Delta-intkey).