It may seem odd to think of aphids producing their offspring while already pregnant, but in actuality, it is not an unusual ...
Symbiotic ants manipulate aphid reproduction rates to achieve a specific mix of green and red aphids, maintaining the inferior green aphids which produce the ants' favorite snack. Symbiotic ants ...
Unless you carefully inspect the leaves of a plant in your garden, you might not ever see the tiny little bugs known as ...
For pea aphids, the ability to go forth and multiply can depend on a single gene, according to new research. An overheated aphid with a mutation in that gene can't reproduce. The gene isn't even in ...
Aphids have not waited for summer to make their move this year. Gardeners across the Southeast have spotted clusters of tiny green, black, and even pink insects coating tender new growth weeks ahead ...
Symbiotic ants manipulate aphid reproduction rates to achieve a specific mix of green and red aphids, maintaining the inferior green aphids which produce the ants' favorite snack. Ants and aphids ...