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    Texas: Sugarcane Aphid Found in Lubbock County

    Sorghum aphids, also known as sugarcane aphids. Photo: Texas AgriLife Extension

    Dr. Pat Porter and I found several sugarcane aphids this morning on Johnson grass about 6 miles east of New Deal.

    We found adults, several nymphs and even one alatoid (a nymph that will soon become a winged adult). We confirmed that these are in fact sugarcane aphids using a microscope and identifying their characteristic dark-tipped antennae, cornicles and feet.

    This finding on May 3 is almost a full eight weeks before the first sighting of SCA in Lubbock Co on June 27 last year.




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