A micro wasp spies on a colony of aphids. Kyogle, NSW.
Try getting a table at this buffet. Ants and Beetle larvae love them for very different reasons. Kyogle, NSW.
Exuvia from a colony of aphids litter this Hibiscus shrub. Kyogle, NSW.
Many aphids infest this hibiscus flower stem. Kyogle, NSW.
A tiny ginger ant struggles with some silk web while she collects honeydew from aphids. Kyogle, NSW.
Aphids of all developmental stages inhabit this gall they've induced on a cottonwood tree. Kyogle, NSW.
The tiny beads of dried honeydew that collect inside a petiole gall with a couple of discarded exuvia. Kyogle, NSW.
Baby aphids, fat aphids and winged aphids among the balls of dried honeydew inside a petiole gall. Kyogle, NSW.
Aphid nymphs covered in their waxy residue - possibly useful for keeping sticky honeydew at bay. Kyogle, NSW.
Aphid nymphs covered in their waxy residue - possibly useful for keeping sticky honeydew at bay. Kyogle, NSW.
Winged adult aphids inside the petiole gall are surrounded by nymphs, waxy residue and honeydew marbles.. Kyogle, NSW.
An aphid community inside a petiole gall on a cottonwood tree. Kyogle, NSW.
A gall made by aphids on the petiole of a cottonwood leaf. There are immature aphids (with white waxy coats) on the outside of the gall. The aphids come and go through the slit on the side of the gall. Kyogle, NSW.
Brown aphids get stuck into a new shoot on a string bean vine. Gayndah, QLD.
Parasitised aphid is fat with parasite babies. It wears big boots of sap from the thistle flower bud it rests on. Plant revenge? Kyogle, NSW.
Aphid poses for a photo on the photographers finger. Gayndah, QLD.
Black citrus aphids infest the new growth on a lemon tree. These are serious pests in the citrus industry. Kyogle, NSW.
Black citrus aphids infest the new growth on a lemon tree. Kyogle, NSW.
Black aphids accost the new growth on a lemon tree. You can see the holes where they have pierced the delicate new shoots. Kyogle, NSW.
Yellow aphid seems to attack a predatory ladybird larva as it tries to eat another aphid. The larva backs off and leaves its prey to suck another day. Oxley Creek, QLD.
Ladybird larva attacks a yellow aphid from behind to avoid it's formidable pointy mouthparts. Oxley Creek, QLD.
Ladybird larvae are born and bred in aphid populations. Oxley Creek, QLD.
Ladybird larva cleans aphid guts off its arm. Oxley Creek, QLD.
These are quite large for aphids at around 3mm long (excluding the twin exhaust). David Attenborough told me they also lay eggs (as well as giving birth to clones) but apparently in Australia due to the way aphids were introduced, male aphids are very rare so our aphids don't lay eggs very often. Kyogle, NSW.
A small sample of a population of rose aphids on a rose bud stem. Kyogle, NSW.
Ladybird and rose aphid - mortal enemies - share a rose leaf. Kyogle, NSW.
Aphid navigates the trunk of a dead tree. It seemed lost. Pile Gully, QLD.
Possibly brown citrus aphid but I can't count the hairs on its little puppy dog tail so I'll never know. Mundubbera, QLD.
Black aphids congregate under a citrus leaf. Mundubbera, QLD.
A clutch of aphids at various stages of development feeding on new shoots of a bottle brush tree. Oxley Creek, QLD.