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Published: 2007-06-20 19:27:43 +0000 UTC; Views: 1268; Favourites: 21; Downloads: 7
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Walking a path to a waterfall, I found several small trees with these little fellows on the young branches. At first I thought it was a fungus, but I stopped and watched, and sure enough, it was moving, very slowly.I've seen one of these once before, floating on a breeze, and the person I had been walking with at the time thought I was insane (it had floated away before I could get them to see it).
At this waterfall, I blew on one, and tiny tufts of the hair blew away, so I wasn't going to touch such a fragile creature for fear of hurting it, so I didn't get to see a face or legs. Unable to identify it further, I've taken to calling them "fairydogs," because they look like they would make wonderful pets for fairies.
Upon further research, they may just be wooly aphids, though the pictures I've found of those aren't quite the same. So who knows, maybe these guys were really fairy pets
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i've never heard of such a thing! Fascinating!
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i've seen woolly aphids before.. and it freaked me out the first time i saw it.. i love your name "fairy dog" and i think they would make great pets for a fairie.
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That was taken with a Canon Rebel XTi! Thanks!
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Wow...that really does look so magical! (They may have been fairy's pets...you never know!)
That doesn't really look like a wooly aphid to me.
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I showed it around to other bug enthusiasts and they agreed it was a wooly aphid, so... *shrug*
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Really? Weird, it doesn't look like one all that much! (IT'S AN ALIEN!!!!! D
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So, i'm looking at this picture with Woozle of ~woozalia and my 8 year old son, Benjamin...
Woozle says, "it's an alien!"
and Benjamin comes right back with, "No, they can't be aliens or else they would have lasers!"
Harena of ~woozalia
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Well if this particular species isn't named yet maybe you could get it officially dubbed as fairydog in common even if they probably would name it after its host plant in latin.
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What kind of evolutionary advantage could that fluff possibly serve!??
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People don't kill cute?? I have no idea!
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Those critters are neato, but heavens, I don't like em munchin on meh herb plants! >:-[
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I've never seen one around here. Neat find! Good eye!
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thats an interesting fella :3
nice shot, it's hairs look bright and silk-like
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These don't look much like the wooly aphids that I've seen before.....but I bet ladybugs would eat these too, if only due to mistaken identity.
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There are apparently a lot of different kinds of woolies - they name them by the trees they live on.
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Really?
*nod* Good to know. Thank you.
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It almost even looks like a puff of smoke!
Very etherial.
Ya learn something new every day!
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ummm i am pritty dam sure its jus floting tree stuff ... but if not then yay i gess .. but i think it is jus floting tree stuff .. from i dont know i cotten tree maybe
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Er, like I said, I sat and watched it crawl. Please google "woolly aphids" if you think I'm lying
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never said u were lying just that i thinks its some kind of wolly tree thing ... getting blown by the wind but i shall google it up
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COOL!!!!!
That is the coolest thing ever!!! It's amazing looking!
...wow, just wow. Such a fascinating creature...
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Are you sure it's not just seed fluff from the trees? It looks a lot like the floating tree fluff we get from some of our trees here, which sometimes looks like its alive.
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I know, we have cottonwood trees around here too... nope, wasn't tree fluff. I sat and watched it for a while and it was definitely crawling, not getting blown by the wind
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That's just... creepy. I have this phobia of bugs, so as pretty as it is, it freaks me out. I like the name Fairydog for it though.
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Hmm...maybe the fairies would like them as pets for the same reason ants do...
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Even if they are wooly aphids, I like the term 'fairydog' much better.
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