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Aphid - Diet | | Aphid - Diet: Encyclopedia II - Aphid - Diet | | Many, but far from all, aphids are monophaguous (i.e. feeding only on 1 species of plant).
Similar to related superfamilies they passively feed on sap of phloem vessels in plants. This sap being kept under high pressure, once a phloem vessel is punctured, it is forced into the food canal. Aphids actively 'drink' (suck) from xylem vessels when thirsty.
Some species of ants "farm" aphids, supplying them with leaves to eat, and eating the honeydew that the aphids secrete. Many aphids are host to an endosymbiont bacteria, Buchnera, which synthesizes the essential amino acids that are absent in t ...
See also:Aphid, Aphid - Anatomy, Aphid - Diet, Aphid - Reproduction, Aphid - Evolution | | | Aphid, Aphid - Anatomy, Aphid - Diet, Aphid - Evolution, Aphid - Reproduction | | |
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Aphid - Diet
Many, but far from all, aphids are monophaguous (i.e. feeding only on 1 species of plant).
Similar to related superfamilies they passively feed on sap of phloem vessels in plants. This sap being kept under high pressure, once a phloem vessel is punctured, it is forced into the food canal. Aphids actively 'drink' (suck) from xylem vessels when thirsty.
Some species of ants "farm" aphids, supplying them with leaves to eat, and eating the honeydew that the aphids secrete. Many aphids are host to an endosymbiont bacteria, Buchnera, which synthesizes the essential amino acids that are absent in the phloem that the aphids eat.
Other related archivesAnoeciidae, Aphididae, Buchnera, Carboniferous, Cretaceous, Cycadophyta, Hemiptera, Molniya R-60, NATO reporting name, New Zealand, Reproduction, Tasmania, Triassic, abdominal, agriculture, amino acids, angiosperms, antennae, ants, autumn, bacteria, compound eyes, endosymbiont, flagellum, forestry, fossil, gardeners, honeydew, hoverfly larvae, insects, lacewings, ladybirds, oviparous, parthenogenetic, phloem, proboscis, sap, sex chromosomes, spring, stylets, summer, superfamily, temperate zones, viviparous, xylem
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