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No, aphids are not a kind of lice even though their activities are somewhat lice-like and even though they get called plant lice. Lice of the Phthiraptera insect order technically function as disease-vectoring, obligate insect parasites of warm-blooded hosts whose blood and secretions they drink as members of sipping species or whose debris and skin they feed upon as chewing species members. Aphids of the Hemiptera insect order pierce leaf, stalk and stem tissue to access internal, life-sustaining, nutrient-rich xylem and sugar-rich phloem and thereby vector diseases and pathogens.
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What is a baby aphid called?
Baby Aphids are sometimes called plant lice.
Does liquid Sevin kill tomato lice?
No, liquid Sevin does not kill tomato lice.Specifically, the term tomato lice designates aphids. Liquid Sevin has the active ingredient carbaryl. Aphids may be controlled by insecticides which contain the active ingredients acephate, chlorpyrifos, or malathion.
What is an aphidian?
An aphidian is a member of the genus Aphidoidea, also known as aphids, greenflies, or plant lice.
What kind of relationship is aphids and roses?
BAD! Aphids will kill the roses!
What kind of bug does a ladybug eat?
Ladybugs eat leaves and aphids.
What is the purpose of an ant cow?
Ants milk aphids. Otherwise, another good name for them is just "plant lice."
WHAT KIND OF FOOD LICE?
lice eat blood.
Ants feed on the wastes produced by aphids and aphids are protected by predators from the ants what kind of relationship is this?
mutualism
Can plant lice live on humans?
No. Plant lice is another name for aphids. These small plant feeding insects are of no relation to the blood feeding head lice that are commonly passed among children in elementary schools. They feed strictly on juices they suck from plants.
What kind of food lice eat?
lice eat blood.
Do head lice eat their kind?
Yes, they do eat their kind.
What is the kind of food and mode of feeding of lice?
hair
