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Also Known As greenfly • ant’s cow • ant cow • plant louse • Aphididae

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oleander aphids
Illustration of two apple aphids (Aphis pomi) side by side, showing a green, oval-shaped wingless adult on the left and a winged adult with transparent wings spread out on the right.
rose aphids
ladybird beetle larvae
Illustrations of various homopteran insects are shown, including a colorful leafhopper, green plant hopper, whitefly, spiny mealybug, horned treehopper, winged and wingless aphids, brown spittlebug, large cicada, and male and female scale insects with the female covered by a round shell. Each insect is labeled with its common and scientific family name.
Aphids' birth and predation by hover fly larvae
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