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Jun 10, 2009 15:42 |  #1

Haven't posted for a while.........here is a pic of an aphid taken before it disappeared:rolleyes::

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Jun 10, 2009 15:55 |  #2

good one, aphids have to be the dumbest bugs around.


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Jun 11, 2009 00:47 |  #3

Good one :)
They do have chemical alarm signalling to tell other aphids of the presence of danger but they don't seem to have much response to that apart from doing "mexican waves" throughout the group. Try disturbing a group of aphids on a leaf and you will see what I mean.
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Jun 11, 2009 01:48 |  #4

Lemmings of the bug world


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Jun 14, 2009 21:26 |  #5

Thanks all for your comments ;)


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