Sentences with phrase «red aphids»

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

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.

Symbiotic ants manipulate aphid reproduction rates to achieve a specific mix of green and red aphids, maintaining the inferior green aphids which produce the ants» favorite snack.

Their investigation began when Boe showed Johnson a photo of a cup plant flower teaming with insects, including a large colony of bright red aphids.

Not exact matches

Incidentally, my kale in my garden had been overtaken by aphids so I used swiss chard instead and they still tasted great - plus, the bits of chard stem added a nice flash of red visual to the patties.

This might help both the red and green aphids survive and reproduce throughout more of the year, which could maximize long - term harvest of honey - dew from the green aphids.»

The aphid species Macrosiphoniella yomogicola comes in two «morphs» with distinct colors: red and green.