MrPistachios<p>Another little Aphid hanging out</p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://lemmy.world/c/macrophotography" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>macrophotography</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.neatobuilds.com/tags/macro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>macro</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.neatobuilds.com/tags/photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>photography</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.neatobuilds.com/tags/NeatoBuilds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NeatoBuilds</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.neatobuilds.com/tags/nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nature</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.neatobuilds.com/tags/aphids" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>aphids</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.neatobuilds.com/tags/insects" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>insects</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.neatobuilds.com/tags/SonyA7RIII" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SonyA7RIII</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.neatobuilds.com/tags/Laowa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Laowa</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.neatobuilds.com/tags/year2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>year2025</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.neatobuilds.com/tags/California" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>California</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.neatobuilds.com/tags/Milpitas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Milpitas</span></a></p>
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Colin Purrington<p>Aphid wasp (Pemphredon sp.) on a fava bean leaf. These are cavity nesters and will cram dozens of paralyzed aphids into a hollow stem for a single larva to consume. Apparently very fond of roses so save the bigger branches for your insect hotel when you prune them. <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/wasps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wasps</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/aphids" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>aphids</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/insects" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>insects</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/hymenoptera" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hymenoptera</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/crabronidae" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>crabronidae</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/roses" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>roses</span></a></p>
Petra van Cronenburg<p>🧵 If you listened to my micro-macro-amplifyer you could hear a "roaaarrr!" against <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/aphids" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>aphids</span></a> on my rose. In German, <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/ladybird" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ladybird</span></a> larvae are called Blattlauslöwen, <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/aphid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>aphid</span></a> lions.</p><p>Because of the warm winter and the terrible dryness, we have myriads of aphids. And because of farmers using more pesticides, we have less <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/insects" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>insects</span></a> and insect eating <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/birds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>birds</span></a>. So more aphids*. Everything is <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/interconnected" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>interconnected</span></a>. Read ALT!</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/NatureMatchCuts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NatureMatchCuts</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/ladybeetle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ladybeetle</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Coccinellidae" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Coccinellidae</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/HarmoniaAxyridis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HarmoniaAxyridis</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/ecosystems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ecosystems</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/naturephotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>naturephotography</span></a></p>
Manoj KumarAphids <br>
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MrPistachios<p>Saw some yellow aphids on my lunch walk</p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://lemmy.world/c/macrophotography" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>macrophotography</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.neatobuilds.com/tags/macro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>macro</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.neatobuilds.com/tags/photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>photography</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.neatobuilds.com/tags/MacroPhotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MacroPhotography</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.neatobuilds.com/tags/insect" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>insect</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.neatobuilds.com/tags/SonyA7rIII" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SonyA7rIII</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.neatobuilds.com/tags/laowa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>laowa</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.neatobuilds.com/tags/year2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>year2025</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.neatobuilds.com/tags/NeatoBuilds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NeatoBuilds</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.neatobuilds.com/tags/nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nature</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.neatobuilds.com/tags/aphids" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>aphids</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.neatobuilds.com/tags/yellow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>yellow</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.neatobuilds.com/tags/california" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>california</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.neatobuilds.com/tags/milpitas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>milpitas</span></a></p>
LionelB<p>A common red ant (Myrmica rubra) farming aphids this afternoon on cow parsley.</p><p>Fine in the wild but please not on my apple tree! </p><p><a href="https://expressional.social/tags/ants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ants</span></a> <a href="https://expressional.social/tags/aphids" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>aphids</span></a></p>
Nelson<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://jawns.club/@acm_redfox" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>acm_redfox</span></a></span> "Researchers observed that larval lacewings that do feed on [oleander aphids] may not mature normally, that ladybug larvae may have deformed wings as adults, and that afflicted spiders spin aberrant webs." <a href="https://uwm.edu/field-station/bug-of-the-week/oleander-aphid/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">uwm.edu/field-station/bug-of-t</span><span class="invisible">he-week/oleander-aphid/</span></a></p><p>It seems that some ladybugs can be harmed by oleander aphids, although perhaps others can tolerate their poisons.</p><p>Which bugs, ladybugs or otherwise, can eat these aphids without taking damage? It's not clear to me.</p><p><a href="https://jawns.club/tags/ladybugs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ladybugs</span></a> <a href="https://jawns.club/tags/lacewings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lacewings</span></a> <a href="https://jawns.club/tags/spiders" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>spiders</span></a> <a href="https://jawns.club/tags/aphids" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>aphids</span></a></p>
Nelson<p>Oleander aphids (Aphis nerii) are on my milkweed again. They are unsightly, and may stress the plants and spread plant disease. Insecticides or even jets of water risk harming monarch caterpillars.</p><p>So I want biological control. What natural predators can kill oleander aphids without being hurt by their toxins? Are any of them native?</p><p>This paper suggests planting "service plants" to attract predators, but I don't know which predators I want to attract: <a href="https://www.mdpi.com/2311-7524/8/11/1038" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">mdpi.com/2311-7524/8/11/1038</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://jawns.club/tags/aphids" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>aphids</span></a> <a href="https://jawns.club/tags/milkweed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>milkweed</span></a></p>
dirkzLadybug and aphids <br>
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Ricoh GR3<br>
Nostalgic Negativ <br>
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Alex Wild<p>Give yourself points if you can find the little predators lurking among these bicolored frostweed aphids (Uroleucon verbesinae). </p><p>I'm quite pleased with how this photo from today turned out. Might make a good print.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Aphids" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Aphids</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Insects" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Insects</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Uroleucon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Uroleucon</span></a></p>
offbyone<p>Aphids hate water - a jet from a hose strong enough to wash them off the rose bush will be enough to discourage most from returning. Repeat as needed to keep the infestation down.</p><p><a href="https://aus.social/tags/aphids" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>aphids</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/rose" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rose</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/insect" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>insect</span></a></p>
Benjamin SimpsonCute! <br>
(Your opinion might differ)<br>
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DanAn ant farming "honeydew" from aphids. The ant tickles the aphids with it's antennae to stimulate excretion of the sugary waste product from the sap that the aphids feed on. <br>
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📷 Olympus OM-1 <br>
🔭 Olympus 60mm f/2.8 Macro <br>
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Shiitake Toast<p>@ShaulaEvans@zirk.us@zirk.us @liquor_american@universeodon.com@universeodon.com please boost (I love pesto, and would adore making it from my own plant) <a href="https://beige.party/tags/gardening" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gardening</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/basil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>basil</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/aphids" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>aphids</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/indoorGarden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>indoorGarden</span></a></p>
Daniel 🐅🏔<p>A carpenter ant herding aphids on a willow leaf</p><p>The more-than-human world is really cool, y'all. Look closely!</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/ants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ants</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/insects" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>insects</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/aphids" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>aphids</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>photography</span></a></p>
Ignacio de Miguel DíazMacro shot of ants tending to aphids on a curved green stem. Taken with a Olimpus E-M1 Mark III and the 60mm 2.8 macro<br>
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Bryan Wright<p>An invading army of aphids, happily slurping plant juice.</p><p><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/aphids" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>aphids</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/bugs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bugs</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/hemiptera" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hemiptera</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>photography</span></a></p>
Alex Wild<p>Pheidole bicarinata big-headed ants tend to aphids on the underside of a fern in Indiana Dunes National Park. The ants are supposed to protect the aphids, but they seem to have missed a ladybird beetle larva snacking through the herd.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Pheidole" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pheidole</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Ants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ants</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Insects" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Insects</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Aphids" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Aphids</span></a></p>
Ms. Que Banh<p><a href="https://beige.party/tags/LadybugLarvae" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LadybugLarvae</span></a> & <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Ladybug" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ladybug</span></a> butt.</p><p>There were tons of ladybug <a href="https://beige.party/tags/larvae" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>larvae</span></a> crawling all over this <a href="https://beige.party/tags/aphids" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>aphids</span></a> infested plum tree. I only saw one mature ladybug but am sure there's more on the tree that I didn't see. They have a huge aphids buffet to feed on.</p><p><a href="https://beige.party/tags/nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nature</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/insects" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>insects</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/orchard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>orchard</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/NaturalPestControl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NaturalPestControl</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/WellandCommunityOrchard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WellandCommunityOrchard</span></a></p>
neville park<p><a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/MiteMonday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MiteMonday</span></a>: Did you know? Legally, you can take as many photos of ants farming ridiculously mite-infested aphids as you want. No one can stop you.</p><p><a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/DailyMitePic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DailyMitePic</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/Mitestodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mitestodon</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/arachnids" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>arachnids</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/mites" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mites</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/ants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ants</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/aphids" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>aphids</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/Acari" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Acari</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/parasitism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>parasitism</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/Parasitengona" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Parasitengona</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/Hemiptera" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hemiptera</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/Aphididae" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Aphididae</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/Hymenoptera" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hymenoptera</span></a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/Formicidae" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Formicidae</span></a></p>
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