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Daktulosphaira vitifoliae
2222_2759 Photo added 2016-09-24

Daktulosphaira vitifoliae (Hemiptera: Phylloxeridae)
Grape Phylloxera
Ithaca, Tompkins County, New York
August 30, 2016

These phylloxera are each about 1mm in diameter. All are female and have been removed from their galls on the grape leaves. They continued to pop out their small, yellow eggs even after being removed from the galls.

all photos and text © Joyce Gross