| Re: Buggies
Belated information. At the time Imaginos sent me the following comment - I forgot to post it,
The aphids in question are probably one of the many Cinara species which are mainly conifer aphids. The 'tubercles' on the sides are actually their cornicles (as in T. salignus, these are much more reduced than the more familiar species) the long, sharp rostrum (seen in post 3) and the shortish antennae are good identifiers for this Genus. At the insect survey we only identify Cinara to Genus due to the difficulty of getting them to species even under the microscope. |