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Bead-like Cottonwood Gall aphid

Thecabius populimonilis

The Bead-like Cottonwood Gall aphid is a tiny insect that makes round, bead-like galls on cottonwood trees. These galls are like little homes for the aphids, where they can stay safe and feed on the tree's juices.

Hábitat: Forests

Aspecto

The Bead-like Cottonwood Gall aphid is a tiny, soft-bodied insect, typically yellowish-green in color. Its pear-shaped body is often hidden inside distinctive, bead-like growths on cottonwood leaves. These aphids lack prominent wings in their gall-dwelling stage.

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Bead-like Cottonwood Gall aphid
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Bead-like Cottonwood Gall aphid

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Rareza

Common

Peligro

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Datos interesantes

Some aphid babies are born already pregnant!

These aphids create their own living 'house' inside a leaf!

They change forms throughout their life, like a secret identity!

They drink sugary sap like tiny juice boxes!

Habilidades especiales

Habilidad

Gall Architect

Bead-like Cottonwood Gall aphid can create protective galls because of special chemicals injected into leaves that force the tree to grow a shelter.

Habilidad

Rapid Reproduction

Bead-like Cottonwood Gall aphid can multiply quickly because females can reproduce without a mate, filling galls with many offspring.

Habilidad

Plant Manipulator

Bead-like Cottonwood Gall aphid has the ability to manipulate cottonwood plants by forcing them to grow a home for its colony.

Medidas y detalles

Tamaño
1-3 mm
Esperanza de vida
20-30 días
Cantidad de patas
6
Tamaño de la colonia
1000

Dieta y alimentación

These tiny insects drink the sugary sap directly from cottonwood leaves, their leafy homes.

Alimentos principales

  • cottonwood sap
  • plant sugars
  • tree phloem

Conexiones ecológicas

depends on

Eastern Cottonwood

Populus deltoides

relies on for food and to create its protective gall.

eats

Convergent Lady Beetle

Hippodamia convergens

preys on aphids, helping control their populations.

eats

Common Green Lacewing

Chrysoperla carnea

larvae are voracious predators of aphids.

parasitizes

Parasitic Wasp

Aphidius colemani

lays eggs inside the aphid, leading to its demise.

Rasgos

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Colecciones

Seguridad

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It's best to look at insects from a distance and not touch them, as some can be delicate.

Preguntas frecuentes

¿Cuál es el tamaño de Bead-like Cottonwood Gall aphid?

1-3 mm

¿Cuál es el esperanza de vida de Bead-like Cottonwood Gall aphid?

20-30 días

¿Qué come Bead-like Cottonwood Gall aphid?

These tiny insects drink the sugary sap directly from cottonwood leaves, their leafy homes.

¿Dónde se encuentra normalmente Bead-like Cottonwood Gall aphid?

Forests

¿Cuál es el cantidad de patas de Bead-like Cottonwood Gall aphid?

6

¿Cuál es el tamaño de la colonia de Bead-like Cottonwood Gall aphid?

1000

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