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	<title>What's That Bug? &#187; Aphids, Scale Insects, Leafhoppers, and Tree Hoppers</title>
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		<title>Probably Black Willow Aphid</title>
		<link>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/11/14/unknown-willow-aphid/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Nov 2009 12:54:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bugman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Aphids, Scale Insects, Leafhoppers, and Tree Hoppers]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Tiny bugs all our fence!
November 13, 2009
We live in Philadelphia and over the past few months part of our back yard fence has been colonized by these small (3mm) insects. There are hundreds of them. The fence runs underneath a weeping willow tree, and they appear to also be on the willow. The bugs move [...]


Related posts:<ol><li><a href='http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2007/06/06/aphid-infestation/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Aphid Infestation'>Aphid Infestation</a> <small>Aphids? Hi Daniel and Lisa, Found these on my roses&#8230;...</small></li><li><a href='http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2006/05/29/aphids-and-aphid-wasp/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Aphids and Aphid Wasp'>Aphids and Aphid Wasp</a> <small>Aphids Bugman, I found quite a few of these guys...</small></li><li><a href='http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2007/11/08/male-woolly-aphid/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Male Woolly Aphid'>Male Woolly Aphid</a> <small>Fly? Hello, There are lots of these little guys flying...</small></li></ol>]]></description>
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		<title>Unknown Hopper from Australia</title>
		<link>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/10/20/unknown-hopper-from-australia/</link>
		<comments>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/10/20/unknown-hopper-from-australia/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 14:56:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bugman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Aphids, Scale Insects, Leafhoppers, and Tree Hoppers]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[What might this be
October 18, 2009
Hi guys,
Been a while, hope all is well your end. Any ideas on this one? The front legs look mantid like. Is it a nymph stage of a mantis of some sort?
Aussietrev
Queensland. Australia
Hi Trevor,
Welcome back.  This appears to be some species of immature hopper, possibly a Fulgoroid.  The front legs [...]


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		<title>Unknown Cixiid Planthopper</title>
		<link>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/08/30/unknown-cixiid-planthopper/</link>
		<comments>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/08/30/unknown-cixiid-planthopper/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Aug 2009 20:10:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bugman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Aphids, Scale Insects, Leafhoppers, and Tree Hoppers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Unidentified]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Curiously looking insect.
August 30, 2009
It was sitting on top of one of our corn plants. Very very small, somewhere between 1/8th of an inch to 1/4th of an inch in size. I&#8217;ve never seen anything like it around here before.The picture should be sufficient.
Jonathan Campos
Los Angeles, CA.
 
Hi Jonathan,
We don&#8217;t feel skilled enough to take [...]


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		<title>Oak Treehopper</title>
		<link>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/08/12/oak-treehopper-2/</link>
		<comments>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/08/12/oak-treehopper-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2009 00:10:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bugman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Aphids, Scale Insects, Leafhoppers, and Tree Hoppers]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[identification
August 12, 2009
the bug was found on a plastic tarp in northern california forest area
Faith
Forest Ranch, Ca
Hi Faith,
What an awesome image of an Oak Treehopper, Platycotis vittata.  According to BugGuide:  &#8220;Life Cycle  Hatching occurs in Spring in the South, and in late Spring in the North. Larva pass through five instars, and adults and larva [...]


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		<title>White Cicada from Korea:  Lycorma delictula</title>
		<link>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/08/01/white-cicada-from-korea-lycorma-delictula/</link>
		<comments>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/08/01/white-cicada-from-korea-lycorma-delictula/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Aug 2009 23:24:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bugman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Aphids, Scale Insects, Leafhoppers, and Tree Hoppers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Invasive Exotics]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Black bug with red and white spots from South Korea
August 1, 2009
I have already spent countless hours on the web (both Korean and English) trying to figure out what this is when I already am not too fond of looking at bug pictures. It&#8217;s a little less than an inch in size and saw them [...]


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		<title>Mealybug</title>
		<link>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/08/01/mealybug/</link>
		<comments>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/08/01/mealybug/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Aug 2009 13:26:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bugman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Unidentified Rosemary Bug
July 31, 2009
I found this bug all over my rosemary plant. It doesn&#8217;t appear to be harming the plant yet. Could you identify this bug? How would you suggest ridding the plant of this bug?
Best Regards, Brian Jennings
Fraser, Mi, USA
Hi Brian,
This is a Mealybug, and it is a common plant pest related to [...]


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		<title>Syrphid Fly Larvae eat Oleander Aphids</title>
		<link>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/07/29/syrphid-fly-larvae-eat-oleander-aphids/</link>
		<comments>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/07/29/syrphid-fly-larvae-eat-oleander-aphids/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2009 15:29:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bugman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Aphids, Scale Insects, Leafhoppers, and Tree Hoppers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Syrphid Flies]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mystery bug on milkweed
July 28, 2009
I live in the Houston area. I am finding these strange larva on my tropical milkweed &#8211; along with the ever-present aphids. I don&#8217;t know whether to squish them or protect them. Are they good or bad?
Sherrie
Houston, TX
Hi Sherrie,
These Syrphid Fly larvae are predators in the family Syrphidae that are [...]


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		<title>Woolly Aphid and Planthopper images</title>
		<link>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/07/24/woolly-aphid-photos/</link>
		<comments>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/07/24/woolly-aphid-photos/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2009 13:59:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bugman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Aphids, Scale Insects, Leafhoppers, and Tree Hoppers]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[More woolly aphids
July 23, 2009
Hello Daniel,
I thought you might be interested in seeing some more pics I have of the woolly aphid.&#160; I LOVE this creature!&#160; In one photo, she looks like a ballerina,



Woolly Aphid


another, she looks like Yodo(sp?) from Star Wars and in the last, she looks like she may be some other stage [...]


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		<title>Bald Faced Hornets and Magnolia Scale</title>
		<link>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/07/22/bald-faced-hornets-and-magnolia-scale/</link>
		<comments>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/07/22/bald-faced-hornets-and-magnolia-scale/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2009 03:48:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bugman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Aphids, Scale Insects, Leafhoppers, and Tree Hoppers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Paper Wasps]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Black Bee or Fly nesting in multiple tree branches
July 22, 2009
I have about 50 to 100 what I believe to be bees that have taken over a Magnolia tree 2 years running in Maryland. The appear to have shown up in the last few weeks. They do not care that I am observing them and [...]


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		<title>Woolly Aphid</title>
		<link>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/07/17/woolly-aphid-2/</link>
		<comments>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/07/17/woolly-aphid-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2009 15:08:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bugman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Aphids, Scale Insects, Leafhoppers, and Tree Hoppers]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Can you please tell me what this is?
July 17, 2009
What a wonderful site you have!! I have sent you another donation to support all your efforts. I love insects and am trying to put a personal book together of all the photos I&#8217;ve taken of them. This beautiful little creature flew past me and landed [...]


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