The larvae of many common hover fly species prey on pest insects such as aphids, and so play an important role in controlling pest populations. Another group in the hover fly family, known as ...

When the population becomes too large, an aphid might grow wings and fly away to find a fresh host plant. For good aphid ...

View Full Profile. Learn about our Editorial Policies. The paper B. Li et al., “A large genomic insertion containing a duplicated follistatin gene is linked to the pea aphid male wing dimorphism,” ...

Aphids inflict their damage by sucking on plant ... dark colored with clear wings. They tend to fly around plants and in doing so, annoy you like a fruit fly would. Fungus gnats scavenge dead ...

Soybean Aphid management strategies for late season aphids as summarized by Bob Koch, University of Minnesota Extension soybean entomologist: Maintain soybean aphid scouting through R6.5 (pods and ...