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Pea Aphid

Acyrthosiphon pisum

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 14, February 11, March 17, April 26, May 38, June 41, July 44, August 38, September 28, October 21, November 11, December 9.
United States1,169
Canada331
Alaska299
California220
Ontario180
Washington110
New York91
Illinois74
Missouri58
Oregon51

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
GenusAcyrthosiphon

Sources

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