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Arthropods Daily – Issue No. 93 No. 93 |

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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„Death in the garden“ Otto, the earwig, experiences an environment that is becoming increasingly dangerous due to the use of neonicotinoids and confronts the deadly consequences of these insecticides for himself and other insects.

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Death in the garden

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