Aphid Mummy
Here’s a photo of a a couple of Aphids on a Brittlebush leaf, taken in Tucson, Arizona, in March of 2004. The Aphid in the foreground is smaller, darker, and you can see that there’s a shed skin on the…
A Good Life
Miscellaneous Wanderings and Maunderings
A Good Life
Miscellaneous Wanderings and Maunderings
Aphid
Camponotus modoc – Carpenter Ant and Aphids
In July of 2004, I was walking in the pines of Arizona’s Santa Catalina Mountains. There were some Aspen Trees growing near the trail, and I saw that its leaves and stems were covered in ants. As I looked more…
Aspen Gall – Leaf Vase formed by Pemphigus Aphids
One evening in June of 2001, Laurie and I were camping on the East Overlook of the North Kaibab National Forest. We’d just set up camp after a long drive. While we were walking around, waiting for the sun to…