Comments on: Aphid Farming! http://membracid.wordpress.com/2007/11/30/aphid-farming/ Entomology. Gardening. Ranting. Nerdery. Sun, 03 Jan 2010 22:45:31 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: ViaMoi http://membracid.wordpress.com/2007/11/30/aphid-farming/#comment-16832 ViaMoi Mon, 07 Jan 2008 20:29:51 +0000 http://membracid.wordpress.com/2007/11/30/aphid-farming/#comment-16832 Just tracking my images and came across this. Great info and it really surprised me. I took the aphid picture above and really worked the contrasts to get a better view of what was going on. I hope you liked it and it helps out. Enjoy. Just tracking my images and came across this. Great info and it really surprised me.
I took the aphid picture above and really worked the contrasts to get a better view of what was going on. I hope you liked it and it helps out.
Enjoy.

]]> By: qw88nb88 http://membracid.wordpress.com/2007/11/30/aphid-farming/#comment-14218 qw88nb88 Sat, 01 Dec 2007 00:32:19 +0000 http://membracid.wordpress.com/2007/11/30/aphid-farming/#comment-14218 P.S. Do you know anything about ants herding membracids with similar pheromones? P.S. Do you know anything about ants herding membracids with similar pheromones?

]]> By: qw88nb88 http://membracid.wordpress.com/2007/11/30/aphid-farming/#comment-14215 qw88nb88 Sat, 01 Dec 2007 00:20:58 +0000 http://membracid.wordpress.com/2007/11/30/aphid-farming/#comment-14215 And here I was thinking just the other day that I could be happy never hearing any more aphid research! Dang, that IS fascinating. OTOH, I was under the impression (from other papers & observations) that dropping and/or kicking were the major aphid defenses. Or do they mean "walking dispersal" not in the primary reactionary sense, but in the overall protective sense of not massing together? No, wait, that doesn't make sense either -- we've seen countless leaves and stems with wall-to-wall aphids. Hmn... I will read the paper and mull over that. (Too bad we can't use herding pheromones to keep our miscreant students from going AWOL ...) And here I was thinking just the other day that I could be happy never hearing any more aphid research! Dang, that IS fascinating.

OTOH, I was under the impression (from other papers & observations) that dropping and/or kicking were the major aphid defenses. Or do they mean “walking dispersal” not in the primary reactionary sense, but in the overall protective sense of not massing together? No, wait, that doesn’t make sense either — we’ve seen countless leaves and stems with wall-to-wall aphids. Hmn… I will read the paper and mull over that.

(Too bad we can’t use herding pheromones to keep our miscreant students from going AWOL …)

]]> By: Carrie http://membracid.wordpress.com/2007/11/30/aphid-farming/#comment-14205 Carrie Fri, 30 Nov 2007 20:39:12 +0000 http://membracid.wordpress.com/2007/11/30/aphid-farming/#comment-14205 Wow. Just wow. Wow. Just wow.

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