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young actively growing shoots contain high concentrations of nitrogen, this is what most plant feeding insects are after. as a bonus the active growth is normally very soft and easy for insects to attack (or eat)

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Do aphids feed on the phloem part of a plant?

Yes, aphids feed on the phloem sap of plants by using their specialized mouthparts to pierce the phloem vessels and extract the sugary sap. This feeding behavior can weaken the plant and potentially transmit diseases.


Are aphids producers omnivores or detritivores?

Aphids are considered herbivores, as they feed on plant sap. They are not omnivores (eating both plants and animals) or detritivores (feeding on decaying matter).


Where can you get aphids?

Eggs, host plants, and stressed environments are where aphids can be obtained. The insects in question (Aphidoidea family) can appear wherever adults lay eggs around farm or garden edibles, ornamentals, weeds, or wildflowers. They may not be concerned an object of concern if their main predators, the beneficial ladybugs (Coccinellidae family) are present in appropriate numbers in Mother Nature's savvy playing out of feeding chains and food webs.


Is whitefly the same with aphids?

No, whiteflies and aphids are different insects. Both are common plant pests that feed on plant sap, but they belong to different insect families. Whiteflies are small, white insects with wings that are known for their distinctive waxy appearance, while aphids are small insects that come in a variety of colors, such as green, yellow, and black.


Do aphids bite people?

Yes, aphids bite people. Any insect with piercing, sucking mouthparts is capable of scratching skin surfaces just as they plant tissues. The experience will be more like getting a minor abrasion from a slightly rough surface than like having the skin broken by a bee, hornet, scorpion or wasp sting or a snake bite.

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What do giant pandas feed on?

Although they are bears, they mostly eat bamboo shoots. Bears are not carnivores, their omnivores.


What do African pandas eat?

There are no pandas in Africa. All pandas are found in China and feed mostly on bamboo leaves and shoots.


Do you have to feed a ladybug aphids?

yes


What to feed a ladybug?

the most common thing ladybugs eat are insects aphids who eat away at plants. If you are keeping a ladybug you can feed it moistened raisins or other sweet, non-acidic fruits. This will help maintain their fat reserves until you are ready to release the ladybug in spring.


What Do pandas feed their children with?

Pandas suckle their young until they are old enough to eat bamboo shoots.


What bugs eat praying mantis?

When they are young they will mostly feed on aphids. As they get older they will feed on larger bugs such as beetles, crickets, flies, some caterpillars, and moths to name a few. Save


If you had a ladybug what should you feed it?

plants and aphids.


What does a ladybird feed on?

Ladybirds feeds on aphids.


What is the ladybugs diet?

Aphids and other soft bodied insects. Yeah, Aphids, if you are taking care of one feed it soaked raisins.


Do aphids live in the desert?

Aphids can be found in any warm or hot desert which has plants upon which they feed.


Ants move small insects called aphids from plant to plant The aphids are protected by the ants while the ants feed on sugary honeydew produced by the aphids?

Ants move small insects called aphids from plant to plant. The aphids are protected by the ants while the ants feed on sugary honeydew produced by the aphids. This is referred to as a symbiotic relationship.


What do you normally feed a ladybug?

Most ladybugs are predators and they normally feed on aphids.