Arthropods Daily – Issue No. 207: Aphidoidea No. 207 |

Aphidoidea
Aphidoidea (Aphidoidea) – superfamily of suborder “Plant-parasitic Hemipterans“

Aphids, also known as plant lice and in Britain and the Commonwealth as greenflies, blackflies, or whiteflies (not to be confused with "jumping plant lice" or true whiteflies), are small sap-sucking insects and members of the superfamily Aphidoidea. Many species are green, but other commonly occurring species may be white and wooly, brown, or black. Aphids are among the most destructive insect pests on cultivated plants in temperate regions. They are capable of extremely rapid increase...

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Arthropods Insects Plant-parasitic Hemipterans Aphidoidea Aphids

This is not intended to be a dry lexicon. Personal stories and sensitive articles form the framework for our pictures: „Metamorphosis“ Change is part of life. And nobody knows that better than a butterfly. A very personal story of evolution and transformation.

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„Aphidoidea“ also appeared in the following editions of Arthropods Daily