Aphid Giving Birth - Photo from MedievalRich (Wikimedia)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nInterestingly enough, the Aphids you are cursing at for eating your precious crops are most likely females. That’s right, generally it is only females present in the Aphid population, although they did find one species that had both males and females. For the most part it works like this, the eggs that hatch in the spring are all females. These females will then use asexual reproduction throughout the summer to create genetically similar offspring. Incredibly, one female born in the spring is capable of producing 1000’s of descendants in a single season. Once Autumn rolls around, the temperature and amount of light trigger a shift in the reproduction cycle and the females now give birth to male Aphids. Quite often these males will not have mouth parts or wings, with their only purpose being to mate with the females. This helps keep up some genetic diversity in the group. These eggs from the autumn mating season will overwinter and turn into females in the spring. I told you they had a crazy and unusual breeding strategy, however, it is highly successful and makes controlling these insects very difficult.<\/p>\n
Well, I think that is enough about the Aphid’s love life. Thanks for reading and I will see you tomorrow for another great Garden Pest Wild Fact.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Today we are continuing on with our Garden Pest week of Wild Facts. The animal we are looking at today is called the Aphid, which is a term used to describe over 4400 species. It is crazy to think that I could fulfill my dream of completing 1000 Animal Facts just by using one simple creature such as the Aphid. Actually, I would be able to meet my Wild Facts goal four and a half times. This literally blows my mind….okay, maybe not literally. Not sure what an Aphid actually is? Maybe some of their other names will help solve <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4862,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[17,4024],"tags":[348,2158,2159,2156,2161,2162,4025,2160],"yoast_head":"\n
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