In the world of plant-feeding insects, who shows up first to the party determines the overall success of the gathering; yet viruses can disrupt these intricate relationships, according to researchers.

Are your garden plants stunted, shriveled, yellowing, or curling at the leaves, despite your best efforts to keep them alive? Check the undersides of the leaves, and you might find the culprit: large ...

The Florida Entomologist, Vol. 89, No. 2 (Jun., 2006), pp. 111-116 (6 pages) Six aphid species: Saltusaphis scirpus Theobald, Myzocallis boerneri Stroyan ...

Three sympatric aphid species of European origin (Euceraphis betulae (Koch), Callipterinella calliptera (Hartig) and Betulaphis brevipilosa Börner) feed on Betula pendula Roth in northern California.

Aphids are very common in most home gardens and they can be one of the peskiest pests that you can find in your vegetable garden. Aphids have tiny (adults are under a quarter inch), soft pear-shaped ...

Evolution is unfolding in real time within many natural animal populations and researchers are now observing how this influences biodiversity in the field. In a newly published study in Molecular ...

Aphids - who hasn't been bothered by these little insects at one time or another? Why do they reproduce on plants so successfully? Researchers have found out that aphids are able to influence the ...

Karyotype is usually a stable feature of each species since chromosomal changes, if they occur, may contribute to the formation of barriers between populations causing the establishment of ...

One of the most important factors that determine the evolutionary trajectory of a suite of traits in a population is the structure of the genetic variance–covariance matrix (G). We studied the ...

Key Points Fungal diseases may lead to holes, usually after an initial discoloration of leaf tissue.Spider mites, aphids, and ...

Chanie Kirschner is a writer, advice columnist, and educator who has covered topics ranging from parenting to fashion to sustainability. Aphids are tiny, soft-bodied sap-sucking insects that can be ...