Aphid with red eyes and striped antenae

[Bruce Williams]

Stockgrove Country Park, Beds. On fence near Scots Pine.

Help with identification appreciated.



Bruce

[jaguarondi]

It would be difficult to give an ID on this one, there's little distinctive about it. The cornicles are small and the abdomen has no markings.

[Bruce Williams]

Thanks jaguarondi.

I was hoping that the dark bars on the antennae might have helped with identification. There are lots of these aphids distributed along a 300m long fence bordering meadow on one side and Scots Pine on the other. Like other aphid species they vary quite a lot in colour and size.

Bruce