Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Giant aphid

Posted by ChrisR on 22-05-2011 20:35
#1
Can anyone put a name to this huge (1cm) aphid? Seen yesterday (21/5/2011) in South Oxfordshire, England Smile

Posted by Sara21392 on 22-05-2011 21:11
#2
You saw it on what plant? because I can't see cornicle?! I want to be sure! Smile

Posted by ChrisR on 22-05-2011 21:13
#3
It was sitting on a metal gate-post but it was under a large tree that we call "Spindle" (Euonymus sp.) Smile

Posted by Sara21392 on 22-05-2011 21:28
#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!! Frown

Posted by ChrisR on 22-05-2011 21:36
#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 Smile
Edited by ChrisR on 22-05-2011 21:36

Posted by Tony Irwin on 22-05-2011 22:23
#6
Cinara piceae?

Posted by ChrisR on 22-05-2011 22:25
#7
That looks like a spot-on match to me (with my very limited knowledge of aphids!) Grin

Thanks Tony & Sara Smile