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order Hemiptera - suborder Sternorrhyncha (plant parasitic) - family Aphididea (Aphids)

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Infestation on Broadleaf Milkweed

 

Oleander Aphid Aphis nerii

Bright yellow body, black legs, black spines on abdomen.  Eat oleander, butterfly weed, and milkweed.

Photo taken in Taylor County, August 2005

(Imported from Mediterranean)

 

 

  

Infestation on Woolly Croton

 

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Photo taken in Van Zandt County, November 2006

 

 

  

 

Asian Woolly Hackberry Aphid Shivaphis celti

Body about 1/8" long.

Photo taken in Taylor County, September 2005

(Introduced)

 

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