May 2023 Archives

May 2023

15 May 2023

Aphid birth part 2

I was surprised that the aphid from yesterday was still giving birth today! Apparently they can give birth up to 20 to 30 days, producing up to 5-12 aphid nymphs per day. Of course aphids are bad for plants. But some amount of aphids is good for a garden. Beneficial insects, like ladybugs eat them.

14 May 2023

Mother’s day aphid!

Lizzie Aphids 0

I had been taking pics of spiders in the garden when I noticed a winged insect on a leaf. I wasn’t sure at first what kind of bug it was. I hadn’t even noticed the babies because they were so tiny. It wasn’t until I got the photos copied to my computer that I noticed what was going on. I thought it might be an aphid, so I googled “aphid giving birth” and found that it’s a Rose aphid giving birth. Aphids reproduce asexually and to live young through parthenogenesis rather than laying eggs.