The aphid in this image is cozying up in the so-called gall that it has forced a plant to grow around it, providing the insect with both protection and food. Get a closer view of the image Get a ...
The bacteriophage gene, expressed by the bacteria, makes the aphid resistant to a parasitic wasp that plagues it. These wasps lay their eggs inside the larvae, or maggots, and remain there until ...
A single wasp colony in your back garden could be removing as many as 250,000 aphids during a season. As expert and self-proclaimed “wasp lady” Seirian Sumner told the show: “They are the ...