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Landscape Alert Staff

Vol. 22, No. 1, March 16, 2007

Scouting for insects: Aphids
Raymond Cloyd
Kansas State University


Aphids are 1 to 3 mm long and pear-shaped, with two tubes (cornicles) projecting from the back of the abdomen. They vary in color, depending on the host plant fed upon, from black, brown, green, orange and red to yellow.	Aphids tend to feed on plants in large numbers.

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