< Horticulture Aphis fabae
| Bean Aphid | |
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| Type: | Insect |
| Binomial: | Aphis fabae |
| Order: | Hemiptera |
| Metamorphosis: | Simple |
| Damaging stages: | Nymph through adult |
| Diseases vectored: | Viruses |
The Bean Aphid is most notable as an agricultural pest of beans, but also feeds on a wide variety of garden plants, both woody and herbaceous.
Description
Dark-colored aphids.Black or dark green in colour. Legs and antannae are yellow in colour. Bulbous abdomen and conicles on the abdomen.
Symptoms and Signs
Leaf-curling, sooty mold.
Ecology
Host plants
Control
References
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