Black bean aphid
Aphis fabae
Local namesyaprak bitikara bitfasulye bitibitki biti
Key identifying features
Two short backward-pointing tubes (cornicles) at the abdomen tip
Dense stacked colonies on fresh shoot tips and under buds
Ants guard the colony and milk it for honeydew
Insect
- Order
- Hemiptera
- Length
- 1–3 mm
Active months
- April
- May
- June
- July
- August
- September
- October
Similar species
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