Pea and Milkweed Aphids , which are surprisingly precious .
These two labs study a number of insects , their relationships with plants and microbes , both good and detrimental . One of the area of research is into aphids . This temperature - controlled room keeps the aphid under summertime like conditions so they stay in an nonsexual liveliness level .
The pea plant aphid come up in both pinkish …
unripened and medium clones , though they are the same species . The coloring incline to spawn true , which are part one color , part the other . These photos are all of adult and nymphs , the mother with their babies .
WWhen a backlight is shone at these aphid , you may see modest dark dots on the rear of the mother . These are the eyes of her unborn young . All asexual female adults have these , in the sexual kind you’re able to see the egg through the abdominal cavity .
The milkweed aphid — as one would anticipate — feed on the toxic milkweed .
They sequester cardenolides , which is what stimulate them to be toxic .
Which is the same method acting that milkweed butterfly butterflies habituate .
This is the “ Red Hand Of Death ” …
An aphid pathogen which the lab has isolated from their stock . Its specie name is unknown / un - identified , and when it kills , the corpses turn ruddy , hence the name .
A Christmas tree in the research lab office blank space , decorated with pictures of the victims of the Red Hand .
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