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Aphidius is a genus of insects of the family Braconidae. [1] The genus has a cosmopolitan distribution. [1] Adult Aphidius is a small wasp, usually less than 1 ⁄ 8 inch (3.2 mm) long. Aphidius wasps are endoparasitoids of aphids. The female wasp lays eggs in an aphid. When the eggs hatch, the wasp larvae feed on the inside of the aphid.
The aphids may not be the original source of infection, but are instrumental in spreading the virus through the crop. [9] Various chemical treatments are available to kill the aphids and organic growers can use a solution of soft soap. [12] Wasp laying egg inside an aphid's body Aphids tended by ants
The survival of the eggs and/or overwintering aphids determines the numbers of aphids present the following spring. [4] The within-year dynamics of aphids are largely determined by seasonal changes in host quality. Aphids do best when amino acids are actively translocated in the phloem.
Some farming ant species gather and store the aphid eggs in their nests over the winter. In the spring, the ants carry the newly hatched aphids back to the plants. Some species of dairying ants (such as the European yellow meadow ant, Lasius flavus) [70] manage large herds of aphids that feed on roots of plants in the ant colony. Queens leaving ...
The aphids migrate back to primary hosts in August and overwinter as eggs on weeds. In North America they are heavily parasitized by the braconid wasp Aphidius nigripes , which lays its eggs in the aphid nymphs, and these are eventually killed by the wasp larvae developing inside them.
Woolly aphids on crab apple bark. Pemphigus gall on cottonwood tree Grylloprociphilus imbricator on Fagus Galls made by Melaphis rhois. Woolly aphids (subfamily: Eriosomatinae) are sap-sucking insects that produce a filamentous waxy white covering which resembles cotton or wool. The adults are winged and move to new locations where they lay egg ...
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Rhopalosiphum rufiabdominale, the rice root aphid or red rice root aphid, is a sap-sucking insect pest with a wide host range and a global distribution. [2] As a member of the superfamily Aphidoidea, it is one of 16 species of the genus Rhopalosiphum. [3] Adults and nymphs are soft-bodied and usually dark green with brown, red, or yellow tones. [4]