Large Thistle Aphid - Uroleucon cirsii
The large thistle aphid Uroleucon cirsii is between 4 and 5.2 mm in length and has characteristic two tone legs.
Dark-tailed Thistle Aphid (Uroleucon aeneum) is similar and also uses Thistle as a host plant, but Uroleucon aeneum has an all black cauda (tail) whereas the cauda is dusky yellow in Uroleucon cirsii.
A close up photograph is needed showing the cauda (tail). Please also state the host species.
Found on thistles especially Creeping Thistle.
Summer.
It lives on the leaves and stems of some thistle species, especially Creeping Thistle.
Not well recorded in Britain
Status in Leicestershire and Rutland not known.
Graham Calow
Ullesthorpe Stewardship Farm
15 June 2015
Leicestershire & Rutland Map
Enter a town or village to see local records
MAP KEY:
Yellow squares = NBN records (all known data)
Coloured circles = NatureSpot records: 2025+ | 2020-2024 | pre-2020
UK Map
Species profile
- Species group:
- insect - true bug (Hemiptera)
- Kingdom:
- Animalia
- Order:
- Hemiptera
- Family:
- Aphididae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 17
- First record:
- 07/07/2011 (Nicholls, David)
- Last record:
- 17/07/2024 (Cooper, Barbara)
Total records by month
% of records within its species group
10km squares with records
The latest images and records displayed below include those awaiting verification checks so we cannot guarantee that every identification is correct. Once accepted, the record displays a green tick.
In the Latest Records section, click on the header to sort A-Z, and again to sort Z-A. Use the header boxes to filter the list.