Aphids are small, soft-bodied insects that feed by piercing and sucking fluids from plants. Their long, thin mouthparts allow them to feed through stems and leaves, as well as other tender plant parts.
Aphids are small (1/8 inch long) and have soft pear-shaped bodies with long legs and antennae, and that may be green, yellow, brown, red, or black in color depending on species and food source.
In spring wingless female aphids hatch from overwintering eggs and soon give birth to many female nymphs. They give birth to nymphs without mating, and they grow fast maturing to adulthood in about 10 days.
Aphids cluster together and quickly reproduce once they have colonized their selected host plant. Aphids pierce plant leaves and stems with their mouthparts, just like other sap-sucking insects do,