Posted by Wilson on October 2, 2009, 5:32 pm
Don't know if this is the right place to ask, but this time of year in New
England we get what look like minute balls of white to whitish-blue fuzz
flying about. If you catch one, they look like little black flies with bits
of fuzz around the abdomen. Any ideas what they're called? The air can get
quite busy with them.
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Posted by Wilson on October 2, 2009, 5:58 pm
sometime in the recent past Wilson posted this:
> Don't know if this is the right place to ask, but this time of year in
> New England we get what look like minute balls of white to whitish-blue
> fuzz flying about. If you catch one, they look like little black flies
> with bits of fuzz around the abdomen. Any ideas what they're called? The
> air can get quite busy with them.
I think I've found it. Woolly Alder Aphid picture at http://tr.im/AtYz and
description at http://tr.im/AtWZ
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Posted by brandis on October 2, 2009, 9:01 pm
> sometime in the recent past Wilson posted this:> Don't know if this is the right place to ask, but this time of year in
> > New England we get what look like minute balls of white to whitish-blue
> > fuzz flying about. If you catch one, they look like little black flies
> > with bits of fuzz around the abdomen. Any ideas what they're called? The
> > air can get quite busy with them.
> I think I've found it. Woolly Alder Aphid picture athttp://tr.im/AtYzand
> description athttp://tr.im/AtWZ
> --
> Wilson 44.69, -67.3
Those are really neat! I wonder if they are in the state of Michigan
too? I've yet to see them.
Posted by Pat Kiewicz on October 11, 2009, 6:29 am
brandis said:
>> sometime in the recent past Wilson posted this:> Don't know if this is
the right place
>> to ask, but this time of year in
>> > New England we get what look like minute balls of white to whitish-
blue
>> > fuzz flying about. If you catch one, they look like little black flies
>> > with bits of fuzz around the abdomen. Any ideas what they're called?
The
>> > air can get quite busy with them.
>>
>> I think I've found it. Woolly Alder Aphid picture athttp://tr.im/AtYzand
>> description athttp://tr.im/AtWZ
>>
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>> Wilson 44.69, -67.3
>Those are really neat! I wonder if they are in the state of Michigan
>too? I've yet to see them.
Coming in late (I've been on vacation)...
Yes, there are species of wooly aphids that occur in Michigan.
I've never seen large outbreaks of them, but I have seen them.
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Posted by Omelet on October 2, 2009, 9:48 pm
> Don't know if this is the right place to ask, but this time of year in New
> England we get what look like minute balls of white to whitish-blue fuzz
> flying about. If you catch one, they look like little black flies with bits
> of fuzz around the abdomen. Any ideas what they're called? The air can get
> quite busy with them.
I think those are called white flies.
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> New England we get what look like minute balls of white to whitish-blue
> fuzz flying about. If you catch one, they look like little black flies
> with bits of fuzz around the abdomen. Any ideas what they're called? The
> air can get quite busy with them.