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The beech blight aphid (Grylloprociphilus imbricator) is a small insect in the order Hemiptera that feed primarily on the sap of American beech trees. The aphids form dense colonies on small branches and the undersides of leaves.
Scorias spongiosa is a specialist and grows exclusively on the honeydew formed by colonies of the beech blight aphid, Grylloprociphilus imbricator.This aphid is found only on one host plant, the American beech tree, Fagus grandifolia, where it congregates on branches and twigs, creating copious amounts of honeydew that drip onto vegetation below. [1]
Aphids reproducing asexually by parthenogenesis can have genetically identical winged and non-winged female progeny. Control is complex; some aphids alternate during their life-cycles between genetic control (polymorphism) and environmental control (polyphenism) of production of winged or wingless forms. [60]
Aphis fabae - blackfly, black bean aphid, bean aphid, or beet leaf aphid; Aphis gossypii - cotton aphid, melon aphid, or melon and cotton aphid; Beech blight aphid (Grylloprociphilus imbricator) Brevicoryne brassicae - cabbage aphid, cabbage aphid, or turnip aphid; Cinara cupressi - cypress aphid; Macrosiphum euphorbiae - potato aphid
Many aphids are parthenogenetic during part of the life cycle, such that females can produce unfertilized eggs, which are clones of their mother. All such young are females , so 100% of the population at these times can produce more offspring. Many species of aphid are also viviparous: the young are born live rather than laid as eggs. These ...
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Just one fly can lay up to 300 eggs at a time and is drawn "to the odor of a wound or natural opening on a live, warm-blooded animal."
These aphids follow the general life cycle of most other aphid species. [2] First generation females can lay around 100 eggs. Eggs of R. oxyacanthae will appear small, oval and shiny. The eggs are green but are difficult to differentiate between other species of aphid eggs. [2] Eggs are laid on branches and will typically hatch before other ...