Okay, at work we’ve had a bunch of tiny bugs flying around. They’re about the size of aphids, but are covered with a white fuzz and spotted with black dots.
I’ve seen bugs similar to this whitefly. Close?
Bigger than an aphid, I suspect.
Nope. The ones we have at work are fuzzy, so much so, that it’s hard to discern the actual shape or size of the insect.
Now you’ve really got me curious. It’s hard to think of a bug that’s that fuzzy, small as an aphid, and still able to fly. Is there ant reasonable way to get a photo? Before they’re all gone?
There is a bug site, where you can enter what you know and it shows likely matches, but I don’t remember it’s link. Someone on the SDMB linked to it once.
And try this site.
Hurry!
No way for me to get a photo as my camera won’t focus on anything that small. And I couldn’t make head nor tails out of the site you linked me to, so that didn’t help, either.
That’s close, but the ones at work have very pronounced black spots on them, like a dalmation.
So that’s what was crawling on me the other day. I looked down at my arm and found what appeared to be several tiny pieces of lint having a dance.
Is it a hijack if I ask about my own bug? I mean why start a new thread if there’s a bug guessing thread going?
I had these bugs on my potato plants. No, they’re not potato bugs. But I’ve never seen them anywhere else. They’re flat and triangular and translucent with black bits inside. And about the most disgusting bug I’ve even seen. And like I said, seem to be potato related. Any idea?
Not quite triangular, but could they be Psyllids?
According to one of the women at work, there was a piece on the news about the bugs last night, and they’re an Asian aphid.
Those fuzzy bugs are creeping me out. Do they move quickly? I’m not kidding…I’m majorly creeped out by them.
The ones that I had on me were moving fairly quickly, about the speed of an active ant going about its business. The thing is, though, they’re really tiny, and very easy to mistake for a piece of lint, so they’re hard to notice in the first place.
Here in Alabama they are called White Wooly Asian Aphids. They aren’t a threat to humans but really like soybeans.
There’s no way that puffball can fly. :dubious:
Does drift on the wind count as “fly”?
No, though almost as disgusting. Wish I had taken a picture. Now I’ll have to grow potatoes again next year 
. Thanks.