Silver birch aphid, Netherlands

2-3mm in size.

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WildFlower

Lion

Are you sure this is a Macrosiphum euphorbiae? Which reference did you use? Do you have a side view? What is the plant? Posted 9 years ago
1. Ferdy Christant
  
  Lion
  
  I'm not 100% sure, but found quite a look-a-like on this page:
  http://www.ahw.me/indexoverig.html Posted 9 years ago
2. 1. WildFlower
    
    Lion
    
    Do you mean this photo? It doesn't look-a-like to me. It is very smooth and shiny while this one is more fuzzy.
    http://www.ahw.me/img/macrosiphum_euphorbiae03b.html
    
    It is more likely an Euceraphis betulae. It is fuzzy and it seems that the wing pattern matches too.
    http://ftp.funet.fi/index/Tree_of_life/insecta/homoptera/aphidodea/aphidoidea/drepanosiphidae/phyllaphidinae/euceraphis/punctipennis-1.jpg
    http://www.aphidsonworldsplants.info/Euceraphis%20article.htm
    http://influentialpoints.com/Gallery/Aphids_on_birch_betula.htm Posted 9 years ago, modified 9 years ago
  2. 1. Ferdy Christant
      
      Lion
      
      I stand corrected, thank you very much for the research. Posted 9 years ago

The Silver birch aphid

''Euceraphis betulae'', the birch aphid or silver birch aphid, is a species of aphid in the order Hemiptera. It is a tiny green insect with a soft body and wings. It is found living on the European silver birch tree where it feeds and multiplies on the buds and leaves by sucking sap.

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Similar species: True Bugs

Species identified by Ferdy Christant