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Green Peach Aphid

Myzus persicae

Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
(c) esant, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)

25 photos

Study shows up to four per card, from different observers, so you learn the species rather than one picture. Heart the good ones and swap any you do not like.

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Easily confused with

Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.

Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 16, February 12, March 18, April 29, May 41, June 45, July 48, August 41, September 30, October 23, November 12, December 10.
United States645
Alaska325
Canada115
Ontario80
Illinois75
California61
Utah29
Minnesota26
Michigan23
New York18

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

  • ExoskeletonHas a hard external skeletonFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumArthropods · Arthropoda
ClassInsects · Insecta
OrderTrue Bugs, Hoppers, Aphids, and allies · Hemiptera
FamilyAphids · Aphididae
GenusMyzus

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Green Peach Aphid with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.