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kristendw78
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kristendw78 asked in Science & MathematicsZoology · 1 decade ago

What insect looks like a dandelion seed/cotton?

I live in Rockford, Illinois. I've never seen an insect that looked like this before. I thought it was a dandelion seed blowing in the wind. I caught it on my hand and felt little insect feet crawling on me. It flew off and I caught it again, and noticed it had wings hidden in it's cottony looking body. Does anyone know what this is?

Update:

I looked at a picture of a white fly and it doesn't look like what I saw.

Update 2:

It also had dark colored legs, and moved more like an insect...not a spider.

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  • lightening rod
    Lv 5
    1 decade ago
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    Sounds like a cottony aphid.

    Source(s): Bio major
  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Very likely a baby spider , leaving the nest by "blooming"

    a makeshift parachute from webbing thus transporting the enterprising young spider by the breeze to a new locale he/she can call her /his own.

  • Sassy Sue
    1 decade ago

    I've never caught one, but White Flies look like tiny cotton poofs when they flit around--could be what it was.

  • Anonymous
    5 years ago

    very interesting question

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