Jun 13, 2025
How to spend the summer: aphid dimorphs
Insects need to time their development to the availability of resources: grow when the nutrients are flowing, rest when their supply dries up. Aphids are masters of adapting their life cycles to the growth stages of plants and trees. Here we look at how two species on sycamore trees deal with a slow-down in growth and photosynthesis during the summer months when the nutrient quality of the leaves…