Milkweed/Yellow Aphid
Aphis nerii
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- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Hemiptera
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- Family
- Aphididae
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- Genus
- Aphis
- Species
- nerii
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- Description
- Aphis nerii Boyer de Fonscolombe, also known as the milkweed aphid, and oleander aphid. Commonly described as a yellow aphid.
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- Reproduction
- Aphis nerii is an obligate, viviparous and parthenogenetic species which means that the adult aphids are all females and they produce live clones of the female nymph rather than eggs. The adult females may be winged or wingless.
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- Predators
- Ladybird Beetles and nymphs, also the parasitic wasp Aphidius colemani
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- References
- https://www.monarch.org.nz/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/aphids-fact-sheet.pdf
- http://entnemdept.ufl.edu/creatures/orn/shrubs/oleander_aphid.htm
- http://www.bioforce.net.nz/products/aphidius_colemani.html
- http://www.ladybirdplantcare.co.uk/Aphid.html
