Aphids are recognized as important plant pests worldwide and they are major vectors of viruses. It is necessary to identify the aphid species in an agroecosystem in order to develop appropriate pest ...

When you buy a Christmas tree, you probably don’t spend a lot of time thinking about the bugs that might have called it home at one point. But experts say little creepy-crawlies called aphids like to ...

Several aphid species are reported as newly established in Florida and/or the southeastern United States, including Acyrthosiphon kondoi Shinji, Aphis amaranthi Holman, Brachycaudus helichrysi ...

When oleander aphids infested tropical milkweed, monarch butterflies laid fewer eggs on the plant, and the caterpillars developing on those plants were slower to mature. Many gardeners will tell you ...

AMES, Iowa – Sometimes an entomologist has to fight fire with fire. Or bugs with bugs, as the case may be. Iowa State University entomologists are studying the possibility of combating soybean aphids, ...