New research has people asking: "What IS a species?" and entomologists wondering about the relationship between an insect species and the host plant or plants it feeds on. Collaborative research at ...

Last month, the RHS reported that the warm spring has encouraged rapid and early aphid colony growth, with many now on acers, roses and honeysuckle. Some previously glasshouse-bound species are now ...

Yellow sugarcane aphid has been discovered in Tarragona and Girona (NE Spain), which probably arrived from Northern Africa, researchers report. The yellow sugarcane aphid feeds on plants from the ...

We used aphids (Aphidae) as a representative hemimetabolous host family to investigate patterns of parasitoid (Aphidiine) assemblage size. The aphidiine assemblages from 477 aphid species were used to ...

Colonies can cause a lack of plant vigour and distorted growth while some transmit plant viruses. Last month, the RHS reported that the warm spring has encouraged rapid and early aphid colony growth, ...