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25-04-2009, 01:48 PM
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| | | [ID] Aphid
This Aphid must have been pushing 5mms - i have never seen one this huge before - any ID please ? ...  |
25-04-2009, 05:04 PM
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Sorry AM, no idea - and with no real ID guides online and 10s of UK species it's a tough area! I'd like to know...  |
25-04-2009, 05:18 PM
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| | | Re: [ID] Aphid
It's a monster aphid!   
I googled for 'aphid 5mm' and found one. Do you have lupins? Royal Horticultural Society - Gardening Advice: Lupin Aphid
Macrosiphum albifrons, could be! I have had quite large aphids on lupins but the birds eat them now. Lupine Aphids on a Lupine Seed Pod, Lupine aphid (Macrosiphum albifrons) on a lupine seed pod (Lupinus)., © Visuals Unlimited/Corbis, RM, Adult animal, Animals, Aphid, Close-up view, Group of animals, Insect, Invertebrate, Legume plant, Lupine, Nobo
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25-04-2009, 05:21 PM
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| | | Re: [ID] Aphid
I found it on one of my planters, which has Gladioli corms, and have just started to sprout, are Gladioli in the same family as Lupins ? ... | | |
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