Greater Black Spruce Bark Aphid - Cinara piceae
4.5-6.7mm. A strikingly large, all-black aphid with partially red/brown legs (the distal end of tibia and femora are black). The thorax is glossy black whilst the abdomen is matt black. Alates (winged) have dark tinted wings.
Large colonies can appear on the undersides of older branches and on the trunks of Spruce.
Alates appear in May-June.
Uncommon
Rare
David Nicholls
Ratby garden
29 May 2025
David Nicholls
Ratby garden
29 May 2025
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Species profile
- Species group:
- insect - true bug (Hemiptera)
- Kingdom:
- Animalia
- Order:
- Hemiptera
- Family:
- Aphididae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 1
- First record:
- 29/05/2025 (Nicholls, David)
- Last record:
- 29/05/2025 (Nicholls, David)
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