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red goldenrod aphid

Uroleucon nigrotuberculatum

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 Illinois.January 7, February 8, March 12, April 22, May 35, June 14, July 11, August 11, September 13, October 11, November 7, December 7.
United States206
Illinois158
North Carolina10
Michigan9
Tennessee8
Indiana5
Kentucky4
Missouri4
Japan4
Georgia2

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
GenusLarge Daisy Aphids · Uroleucon

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise red goldenrod aphid with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.