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Insects of the day (2)

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  • Papi JoPapi Jo Posts: 4,254
    An invasion of those tiny bugs on my decking these days. Don't recall seeing them before. Any idea of their ID anyone? About 6 mm in length, triangular shape, moving not too fast, on the decking and also up the walls, dozens of them...




  • wild edgeswild edges Posts: 10,497
    Is there a willow tree nearby? They look like Giant Willow Aphids but being flightless they are probably dropping off a tree above you somewhere.
    If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
  • Papi JoPapi Jo Posts: 4,254
    Looks like him, @wild edges but there's no willow tree in sight. I'm waiting for ID info from the French forum https://www.insecte.org/
  • Alan Clark2 in LiverpoolAlan Clark2 in Liverpool Posts: 2,190
    Holly Blue butterfly.
  • wild edgeswild edges Posts: 10,497
    Papi Jo said:
    Looks like him, @wild edges but there's no willow tree in sight. I'm waiting for ID info from the French forum https://www.insecte.org/
    They've also been found on poplar and some fruit trees apparently.

    If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
  • rowlandscastle444rowlandscastle444 Posts: 2,612
    Alan Clark2 in Liverpool said:
    Holly Blue butterfly.
    Thank you for that. It was a very small butterfly, which I have seen in the garden over the past few years. This is the first one of the year for me.
  • Papi JoPapi Jo Posts: 4,254
    Further to help from the insecte.org forum (and @wild edges 's suggestion) I now think that little bug is one of the Cinara, the conifer aphids or giant conifer aphids. I do have a big Caucasian fir tree (Abies nordmanniana) in the garden, and just had a look and indeed lots of those aphids on its trunk.
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