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Are these baby aphids?

SalixGoldSalixGold Posts: 450
in Problem solving
They look very shiny to be blackfly.


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  • AnniDAnniD Posts: 12,585
    Some kind of weevil ?
  • wild edgeswild edges Posts: 10,497
    What plant are they on? The larger bugs are aphids so I'll assume that these are early nymphs. There's a couple of hundred possible species but the plant host might narrow it down.

    If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
  • SalixGoldSalixGold Posts: 450
    Thanks. The bugs are on a rose
  • PalustrisPalustris Posts: 4,307
    edited February 2023
    They look like pollen beetles though there is an aphid there as well.
    Aphids look pretty much the same at birth as the adults, only smaller.  Aphids have live young most of the time rather than laying eggs.
  • SalixGoldSalixGold Posts: 450
    It seems a bit early for pollen beetles. Do they cluster like that?
  • wild edgeswild edges Posts: 10,497
    It looks like those are the eggs of this species https://influentialpoints.com/Gallery/Maculolachnus_submacula_rose_root_aphid.htm 
    If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
  • SalixGoldSalixGold Posts: 450
    Thanks so much.
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