What are the natural enemies of aphids?

Aphids are one of the most destructive pests on earth, including all members of the aphid family, ranging in size and length from one to ten millimeters. Parasitic plants include almost all families of the pine and cypress class of angiosperms and gymnosperms. Some species are hosted by bryophytes, ferns and Equisetaceae. Let's take a look at the natural enemies of aphids.

Ladybug

Ladybug is a general term for round raised beetles of the family Coleoptera, often with red, black or yellow spots, and predatory ladybugs feed on aphids. Many ladybugs live only in specific habitats, sometimes limited to a few plants in specific habitats. On the contrary, many species, such as discolored ladybeetles and tortoise ladybugs, are widespread and can be found in many habitats, leaving him in search of food when there are fewer prey in the habitat.

Aphid-eating fly

Aphid flies are effective natural enemies of aphids, shell insects, whiteflies, leafhoppers, thrips, Lepidoptera larvae and so on. Adults are small to large, wide or slender, with a single dark color or bright markings such as yellow, orange, gray and white, while some species have metallic colors such as blue, green and copper, which look like bees.

Parasitic wasp

Parasitic wasps refer to many kinds of insects living by parasitism in Hymenoptera Hymenoptera, Trichogramma, Trichogramma and so on.

Aphid-eating gall midge

Aphid-eating gall midges are insects of the family Diptera, distributed in Hubei and other areas. the host insects are cotton aphids. Cocoon larvae overwinter under the topsoil around the host plants of aphids and pupate from March to April of the following year. After Eclosion mating, they lay eggs on early spring hosts such as weeds with aphids and hibiscus.

Crab spider

Crab spiders refer to spiders of the family Araneae, which are not only shaped like crabs, but also run rampant or retrograde like crabs. With the spirit of fighting for the big with the small, he will prey on insects that are much bigger than himself, such as butterflies, damselflies, mosquitoes, bees and so on. It often preys on pests in flowers and plants or in bean fields, or in cotton and wheat fields near bean fields.

Lacewing

Chrysopa is a large family of Neuroptera, which is widely distributed in most areas of China. It is an important natural enemy of all kinds of aphids such as pine aphid, willow aphid, peach aphid, pear aphid and pine scale. It can effectively inhibit the growth and decline of aphid scale insect population in forest nursery orchard farmland.