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Witch-Hazel Cone Gall Aphid

hormaphis hamamelidis

The Witch-Hazel Cone Gall Aphid is a tiny insect that creates unusual galls on witch-hazel trees. These galls provide a special home for the aphids to live and grow!

Lebensraum: Witch-hazel trees in forests and gardens.

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The Witch-Hazel Cone Gall Aphid is a tiny, pear-shaped insect, typically green to yellowish-brown, often with darker markings. Wingless forms are more rounded, while winged adults possess delicate, clear wings. They are visually distinct from other aphids by their presence inside cone-shaped galls.

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Witch-Hazel Cone Gall Aphid
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Witch-Hazel Cone Gall Aphid

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Seltenheit

Common

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

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Interessante Fakten

Some baby aphids are born already pregnant with their own babies!

Their sweet sticky waste, called honeydew, is sometimes eaten by ants!

These tiny insects cleverly trick plants into building them protective homes!

They drink sugary sap from plants using a special straw-like mouthpart!

Besondere Fähigkeiten

Fähigkeit

Clone Army Commander

Witch-Hazel Cone Gall Aphid can reproduce asexually, creating many genetic copies of themselves, which helps their colonies grow fast.

Fähigkeit

Seasonal Shapeshifter

Witch-Hazel Cone Gall Aphid has different forms (winged/wingless) that help them migrate between host plants throughout the year.

Maße und Details

Flügelspannweite
3-5 mm
Größe
1-2 mm
Lebenserwartung
20-30 Tage
Fluggeschwindigkeit
0.5 km/h
Anzahl der Beine
6
Koloniegröße
1000

Ernährung und Fütterung

These tiny insects sip sugary sap from witch-hazel and birch trees like drinking a sweet smoothie.

Hauptnahrung

  • Witch-hazel sap
  • Birch sap
  • Plant phloem

Nahrungssuche

  • Foraging

Ökologische Zusammenhänge

depends on

Common Witch-Hazel

Hamamelis virginiana

Provides food and shelter for gall formation.

depends on

Yellow Birch

Betula alleghaniensis

Some generations migrate to birch roots for feeding.

eats

Seven-spotted Ladybug

Coccinella septempunctata

Ladybugs are common predators that feast on aphids.

symbiotic with

Pallid Ant

Formica pallidefulva

Ants protect aphids for their sweet honeydew secretions.

Merkmale

Auch bekannt als

Cone Gall AphidGall AphidWitch-Hazel Aphid

Sammlungen

Sicherheit

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Häufig gestellte Fragen

Was ist der/die/das flügelspannweite von Witch-Hazel Cone Gall Aphid?

3-5 mm

Was ist der/die/das größe von Witch-Hazel Cone Gall Aphid?

1-2 mm

Was ist der/die/das lebenserwartung von Witch-Hazel Cone Gall Aphid?

20-30 Tage

Was ist der/die/das fluggeschwindigkeit von Witch-Hazel Cone Gall Aphid?

0.5 km/h

Was frisst Witch-Hazel Cone Gall Aphid?

These tiny insects sip sugary sap from witch-hazel and birch trees like drinking a sweet smoothie.

Wo findet man Witch-Hazel Cone Gall Aphid normalerweise?

Witch-hazel trees in forests and gardens.

Wie jagt Witch-Hazel Cone Gall Aphid?

Foraging

Was ist der/die/das anzahl der Beine von Witch-Hazel Cone Gall Aphid?

6

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