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Old 12-08-2009, 06:14 PM
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Re: Aphids ?

Some aphids do lay eggs during the sexual phase of their life cycle - but that's in the autumn because the egg is the hardy overwintering stage. At this time of the year they should be in the asexual phase and churning out babies by the bucketful. But I'm only familiar with a few species that live on plants - ones on trees may have different life cycles.

Another odd thing (to me) about these is that the abdomen seems very segmented, and the antennae rather short. But I can't imagine what else they could be other than aphids
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