Species group · Insects
Aphids
WAnimals has 2 species of aphid, all in the family Aphididae.
- 2 species
- 1 family
- 58 countries
- Length
- 0.3 cm – 25 cm
Ranges calculated from the entries that record the figure, not from all 2.
All 2 species of aphids on WAnimals
Each one has its own full entry. This group does not replace them: it brings them together.
Conservation status
No species documented in this group is genuinely at risk according to the IUCN, with the data available today.
See the global conservation statusWhere they live
Recorded in 58 countries. The ones with the most species in the group:
Did you know…
In spring and summer the females reproduce without males and give birth directly to live females, which in turn already carry the next generation inside them: three generations nested one within another, like Russian dolls.
From Black Bean Aphid
It alternates host plants with the season: it overwinters as an egg on spindle or viburnum and in spring flies to broad beans, beet or thistles.
From Black Bean Aphid
Ants tend it, carry it and defend it from ladybirds and hoverflies in exchange for its honeydew — herding in the fullest sense.
From Black Bean Aphid
It carries over 100 plant viruses: one of the costliest agricultural pests there is.
From Green Peach Aphid
It is probably the insect with the most documented insecticide resistance mechanisms: it has developed resistance to almost every chemical family used against it, sometimes stacking several at once.
From Green Peach Aphid
Its colonies are clones: a single female can give rise in one season to millions of genetically identical descendants.
From Green Peach Aphid