Aphididae -

: Alternation between asexual summer generations and a sexual generation in autumn that lays overwintering eggs.

: Arose in the late Cretaceous (~100 Mya), with a major radiation occurring roughly 10 Mya alongside angiosperms. 🪲 Physical Characteristics aphididae

: Specialized piercing-sucking stylets for extracting phloem sap. : Alternation between asexual summer generations and a

: Belong to order Hemiptera (true bugs) and suborder Sternorrhyncha . aphididae

: Harbor Buchnera aphidicola bacteria to synthesize essential amino acids absent in sap.