Aphid

Aphids are small sap-sucking insects in the family Aphididae of the order Hemiptera. Common names include greenfly and blackfly, although individuals within a species can vary widely in color. The group includes the fluffy white woolly aphids.

A typical life cycle involves flightless females giving live birth to female nymphs—who may also be already pregnant, an adaptation scientists call telescoping generations—without the involvement of males.
Maturing rapidly, females breed profusely so that the number of these insects multiplies quickly.
Winged females may develop later in the season, allowing the insects to colonize new plants.

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