Bead-like Cottonwood Gall aphid
探検昆虫
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.
生息地: Forests
外見
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.
界Animalia門Arthropoda綱Insecta目Hemiptera科Aphididae属Thecabius
カテゴリ
昆虫レア度
Common
危険度
1/5 · 非常に低い
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おもしろい事実
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!
特殊能力
能力
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.
能力
Rapid Reproduction
Bead-like Cottonwood Gall aphid can multiply quickly because females can reproduce without a mate, filling galls with many offspring.
能力
Plant Manipulator
Bead-like Cottonwood Gall aphid has the ability to manipulate cottonwood plants by forcing them to grow a home for its colony.
サイズと詳細
- サイズ
- 1-3 mm
- 寿命
- 20-30 日
- 脚の数
- 6
- コロニーの大きさ
- 1000
食性と食事
These tiny insects drink the sugary sap directly from cottonwood leaves, their leafy homes.
主な食物
- cottonwood sap
- plant sugars
- tree phloem
生態系とのつながり
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.
特徴
別名
まだ別名はありません。
コレクション
安全性
危険度
1/5 · 非常に低い
It's best to look at insects from a distance and not touch them, as some can be delicate.
よくある質問
Bead-like Cottonwood Gall aphidのサイズは何ですか？
1-3 mm
Bead-like Cottonwood Gall aphidの寿命は何ですか？
20-30 日
Bead-like Cottonwood Gall aphidは何を食べますか？
These tiny insects drink the sugary sap directly from cottonwood leaves, their leafy homes.
Bead-like Cottonwood Gall aphidは通常どこに生息していますか？
Forests
Bead-like Cottonwood Gall aphidの脚の数は何ですか？
6
Bead-like Cottonwood Gall aphidのコロニーの大きさは何ですか？
1000
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