What Are These Walking Jellybeans Doing on Your Plants?

Most people would overlook these candy pooping, clone birthing, walking jellybeans, but you are not most people! These little gals will have you turning over more leaves, getting more excited about the world, and letting curiosity be your guide!

Around the globe, colonies of tiny, sugar pooping, clone producing insects are tucking into their favorite treat. Though they only grow to about an eighth of an inch, these powerhouses nearly wiped out the wine industry in the mid-1800s 1, and continue to be the curse of gardeners, today! But for all of their destructive power, aphids are some of nature’s weirdest creatures. And if you give them a chance, you may find a soft spot for these walking jelly beans of the natural world.

By Liesl Ulrich-Verderber

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