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Elm Balloon-gall Aphid

Eriosoma lanuginosum

Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
(c) ele2105, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

25 photos

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 30, February 22, March 35, April 55, May 80, June 87, July 93, August 80, September 59, October 44, November 24, December 19.
United States630
Alaska630
Italy109
United Kingdom64
England64
Centro60
France58
Spain48
Austria46
Ukraine38

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
GenusEriosoma

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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