Spindle Aphid - Aphis euonymi
Description
A reddish to chocolate brown aphid, often with transverse bars of wax dust on anterior abdominal tergites. The body length of apterae is 1.7 to 2.9 mm.
Identification difficulty
Habitat
Found on Spindle.
When to see it
Summer is the peak time.
Life History
The spindle aphid does not host alternate. It feeds on spindle (Euonymus europaeus).
UK Status
Probably fairly frequent in Britain, but very under recorded so true status is difficult to determine.
VC55 Status
Status in Leicestershire and Rutland not known.
Graham Calow
Frolesworth
23 June 2015
Graham Calow
Frolesworth
23 June 2015
Spindle leaves rolled by aphids
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