I'm trying to add a photo of a rose aphid and need to add the bug first. I'm getting the error: The order ("Hemiptera") and family ("Aphididae") are not familiar to us. Before you can add this bug, you'll need to post the details ..
But I'm not sure how to add them.
Here is the classification info I found for rose aphids:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Family: Aphididae
Genus: Macrosiphum
Species: rosae (rose aphid)
Linda,
The classification of the bugs is very confusing. They used to all be classified as Hemiptera, but that order was later divided in two. The true bugs were placed in the Heteroptera, but the original order Hemiptera is also often retained for these bugs. The remainder, Cicadas, Hoppers and Aphids, were placed in the new Order Homoptera.
We are currently using Hemiptera for the true bugs and Homoptera for the Cicadas, Hoppers and Aphids.
If you try and add your Rose Aphid with the order as Homoptera, you should have no difficulty,
Kennedy
That worked - thanks!
