Life On A Quarter Acre

Suborder Sternorrhyncha (Plant-parasitic Hemipterans)

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On a chokecherry stem

First iNat observation in Idaho

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Swarms of these flying around today.

Body length ~ 3mm

BugGuide ID

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On sticky geranium (Geranium viscosissimum).

Looks like it has been trapped on the sticky hairs on the stem.

There are dozens of other small insects on this plant that appear to have died in the same way.

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    [o_desc] => Winged aphid on the bottom of a raspberry leaf
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3 mm

I caught an aphid wasp (possibly Pemphredon) returning to its nest in a rotting log. This was its prey.

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Pachypsylla celtidismamma
(Hackberry Nipplegall Gall Psyllid)

Genus: Aphis

Genus: Anoecia

Genus: Prociphilus

Macrosiphum rosae
(Rose Aphid)

Saissetia coffeae
(Hemispherical Scale)

Subfamily: Lachninae
(Giant Aphids)

Tribe: Calaphidini