There are over 500 species of aphid in Britain, and come in a variety of colors, though green and black are among the most ...

The cabbage aphid, for example, is a walking bomb. Its body carries two reactive chemicals that only mix when a predator attacks it, causing an explosion that delivers lethal amounts of poison to ...

When it comes to growing your own vegetables, aphids are a threat you're always on the lookout for. Plants such as broccoli, cabbage, cucumbers, peppers, and a few others are more susceptible to ...

The cabbage aphid, for example, is a walking bomb. Its body carries two reactive chemicals that only mix when a predator attacks it. The injured aphid dies. But in the process, the chemicals in its ...

They are native to Europe, but have made there way into America where they are often called Cabbage Aphids. They can be destructive to a fall garden, especially colonizing on the leaves of cabbage ...

Young aphids swollen with fatty substances save their colony by self-sacrifice, ... The cabbage aphid: a walking mustard oil bomb. Proceedings of the Royal Society B. Vol. 274, ...

This aphid is found on all the cole crops, so just because you are seeing it on the collards doesn't mean that it won't hop over to the cabbage, broccoli, cauliflower, kale or mustard greens.

They add that extra signs of an infestation include dense colonies of greyish-white aphids under affected leaves, measuring up to 2.5 mm in length; a whitish-yellow discolouration on the leaves at ...