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Pink tansy aphid
Metopeurum fuscoviride
Metopeurum fuscoviride, the pink tansy aphid, is an aphid of the family Aphididae. The species was first described by H.L.G. Stroyan in 1950.
From the article Metopeurum fuscoviride on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Range & habitat
The species is widespread in parts of Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Finland, Britain, North Germany, Spain, Bulgaria and Russia.
Wikipedia: “Distribution”
What it does
It can be found on tansy and occasionally Achillea millefolium. They feed of the stem of tansies and form large colonies there. On average a single insect produces 1 milligram of honeydew per hour. Compared to other aphids ants prefer collecting honeydew from Metopeurum fuscoviride. Large colonies often get destroyed by parasitoids of the order Hymenoptera.
== References ==
Wikipedia: “Ecology”
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 535203.