Yellow-legged Knapweed Aphid - Uroleucon jaceicola
Apterae of Uroleucon jaceicola are dark bronze-brown but in this species the legs are mainly yellowish with black around the 'knees'. and the cauda (tail) is also pale.
Uroleucon jaceicola lives on the stems of Common Knapweed. In spring it is found mainly low on stem, but moves to the upper parts later on.
Spring to autumn.
Status in Britain is difficult to determine as the species is not well recorded.
Status in Leicestershire and Rutland not known.
Graham Calow
Sapcote, land behind Williamm Spencer Avenue
05 June 2026
on Common (Black) Knapweed
Graham Calow
Sapcote, land behind Williamm Spencer Avenue
05 June 2026
on Common (Black) Knapweed
Barbara Cooper
Long Clawson
05 July 2015
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Species profile
- Species group:
- insect - true bug (Hemiptera)
- Kingdom:
- Animalia
- Order:
- Hemiptera
- Family:
- Aphididae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 2
- First record:
- 05/07/2015 (Cooper, Barbara)
- Last record:
- 05/06/2026 (Calow, Graham)
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