Re: garden pest ID

Kitty, they look like aphids. Are they reddish brown? I have a picture of goldenrod aphids that look just like the ones in your picture; they are called Brown Ambrosia Aphids, "Uroleucon ambrosiae. Did I tell you I got this cool new insect book this summer: "Garden Insects of North America" by Whitney Cranshaw. It's great. 
zem
----- Original Message ----- From: "Kitty" <kmrsy@comcast.net> 
To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
Sent: Tuesday, September 16, 2008 1:10 PM
Subject: [CHAT] garden pest ID
OK, what ARE these pesky critters? I found them earlier this year sucking the life out of some small plants and killed them off. but now they have literally covered every inch of a larch Heliopsis Loraine Sunshine. I tried to spray, but I now I'll never get them all. Should I just cut Loraine down completely to head off the possibility that these bugs will lay eggs if left to long on the plant? 

http://www.flickr.com/photos/kmrsy/2863431106/

HELP!!!

Kitty
neIN, Zone 5
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