: Small (0.5–10 mm), pear-shaped, and available in various colors like green, black, or red.
: Targeted by ladybugs, lacewings, hoverfly larvae, and parasitic wasps. aphididae
: Alternation between asexual summer generations and a sexual generation in autumn that lays overwintering eggs. : Small (0
: Specialized piercing-sucking stylets for extracting phloem sap. : Small (0.5–10 mm)
: Seasonal migration between a primary (woody) host and a secondary (herbaceous) host. 🤝 Ecological Relationships
: Harbor Buchnera aphidicola bacteria to synthesize essential amino acids absent in sap.
: Arose in the late Cretaceous (~100 Mya), with a major radiation occurring roughly 10 Mya alongside angiosperms. 🪲 Physical Characteristics