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Beech Aphid Colourfull beech aphid. Wonderful creatures these aphids. <br /> I guess this aphid is about 3mm long, touching the limit of my camera/lens combination.<br /> <br /> Not completely sure about the name.<br /> Full name: Beech Aphid (Phyllaphis Fagii)<br /> no wiki Geotagged,The Netherlands Click/tap to enlarge

Beech Aphid

Colourfull beech aphid. Wonderful creatures these aphids.
I guess this aphid is about 3mm long, touching the limit of my camera/lens combination.

Not completely sure about the name.
Full name: Beech Aphid (Phyllaphis Fagii)
no wiki

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  1. View Ferdy Christant's profile
    Ferdy Christant
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    Great find, such a small and colorful thing. I'm having trouble collecting information about it though, in order to manually create a specie. Posted 12 years ago
    1. View WildFlower's profile
      WildFlower
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      It looks a little fluffier on the other images.
      http://www.ispot.org.uk/node/335667
      http://wiki.bugwood.org/Phyllaphis_fagi
      http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buchenblattlaus       Posted 12 years ago

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By Joost Thissen

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Uploaded Jun 18, 2013. Captured Jun 1, 2013 17:52 in Genneperweg 171, 5644 RS Eindhoven, The Netherlands.
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  • SLT-A55V
  • f/3.5
  • 1/160s
  • ISO100
  • 90mm