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hawthorn-carrot aphid

Dysaphis crataegi

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

16 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 21, February 15, March 24, April 38, May 55, June 60, July 64, August 55, September 41, October 30, November 17, December 13.
United States445
Alaska434
Oregon6
Washington5
Spain5
Andalucía5
Lithuania3
United Kingdom2
England2
Russia2

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
GenusDysaphis

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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