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Black Cherry Aphid

Myzus cerasi

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 63, February 47, March 73, April 115, May 166, June 181, July 193, August 166, September 122, October 91, November 50, December 39.
United States1,413
Alaska1,305
Canada194
United Kingdom95
England86
British Columbia56
Ontario48
New York39
Germany30
Manitoba24

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

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