Pink Tansy Aphid

Pink Tansy Aphid - Metopeurum fuscoviride

Description

Pink Tansy Aphid is a medium-sized pink aphid with a large blackish spot on the abdomen. The antennal tubercles are very weakly developed, so that the front of head is very shallowly concave. The siphunculi are dark and thin and 1.3 to 2 times the length of the cauda. The cauda is dusky or dark, elongate triangular with a rather narrow apex, less than 1.7 times longer than its basal width. The body length of the apterae is 2.2-2.9 mm.

Identification difficulty
Habitat

The Pink Tansy Aphid feeds mainly on Tansy (Tanacetum vulgare) and may be encountered where the host plant occurs.

When to see it

When Tansy is in leaf.

Life History

It is regularly tended by ants, most frequently by Lasius niger.

UK Status

Status in Britain is difficult to determine due to lack of records, although this is believed to be the most commonly encountered aphid on Tansy.

VC55 Status

Status in Leicestershire and Rutland not known.

Leicestershire & Rutland Map

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Yellow squares = NBN records (all known data)
Coloured circles = NatureSpot records: 2025+ | 2020-2024 | pre-2020

UK Map

Additional images

All NatureSpot records