Sentences with phrase «aphids eat»

The milkweed gives off a sap that the aphids eat; then they secrete honeydew, a delicious snack for the ants.

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Ladybugs, among other insects, are released in the greenhouses to eat aphids and otherunfriendly pests.

But so did the ladybirds (Coccinella septempunctata), even when there were no aphids for them to eat (Animal Behaviour, DOI: 10.1016 / j.anbehav.2012.01.008).

In the wild, they could perhaps acquire the compound by eating plants that release it to fight aphid infestations.

Food webs are made up of many dynamic feeding relationships; for example herbivore aphids feed on Ground Elder and are themselves eaten by hoverfly larvae.

APHIDS and caterpillars both like to eat broccoli.

Parasitic wasps, on the other hand, prefer to lay their eggs inside green aphids, perhaps because evolution has taught them that eggs laid in red aphids get eaten by ladybugs.

In a field study, Losey found that the ladybugs eat more red aphids because these stand out against the green pea plant.

Ants protect aphids from predators, such as lady bugs and wasps, and aphids secrete nutritious honeydew for ants to eat.

In fact, ladybugs which are often considered «cute»; are actually great garden guests since they love to eat pesky aphids.