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 ...

Aphids (Hemiptera: Aphididae) are one of the most diverse groups among insects. About 4700 described species exist (Blackman and Eastop, 2006; Peccoud et al., 2010), some of which represent diverging ...

Some aphids can contain three generations at once—a grandmother, her unborn daughter, and the daughter’s developing offspring ...

Aphids could be considered the "mosquitoes" of the plant world, depending on the "blood" of plants to survive. They live in symbiosis with bacteria that pass from one generation to the next, producing ...

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 ...

The genome of the aphids is revealing secrets that may lead to the development of plants that can fight back against the troublesome pest, say researchers. "What we're looking for is some sort of an ...

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 ...

Aphids are small, sap-sucking insects that quickly reproduce and damage a wide variety of plants. And unless you are ...

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 ...