126 Food Plants of Aphis riimicis 



Plant No. 15. Shirley Poppies. 



Infected from Broad Beans No. 3 with five w. v. $'s. 



A few small colonies present on the veins beneath the leaves. 



Several small colonies going on the veins beneath the leaves. 



Aphids seem to be chiefly beneath the leaves ; several nymphs of winged 



viviparous females produced. 

 Several of the leaves curUng owing to aphid colonies below ; nymphs of 



w. viviparous females present. 

 Aphids only in moderate numbers. 



Plant No. 16. Shirley Poppies. 



27. 6. 13. Infected from Broad Beans No. 3 with five w. v. $'s. 



8. 7. 13. A few colonies present on the veins beneath the leaves ; Poppies just 



coming into flower. 

 14. 7. 13. Several colonies on the flower-stalks and beneath the leaves ; Poppies 



in flower. 

 24. 7. 13. A moderate number of aphids present ; many winged forms produced ; 



aphids infest the stem and flower-stalks, and also collect along the 



veins beneath leaves ; Poppies still flowering. 



Plant No. 17. Swedes. 



Infected from Broad Beans No. 3 with five w. v. $'s. 

 A few aphids produced. 



One colony of three or four individuals present. 



A few isolated individuals going on the leaves, but numbers very few, 

 and no colonies forming. 



Plant No. 18, Red Beet and Sugar Beet. 



Infected from Broad Beans No. 3 with five w. v. $'s. 



Several aphids produced. 



A few colonies present beneath the leaves, on the veins, on both plants. 



Numbers very small, but several healthy apterous forms on underside 



of the young leaves of both plants. 

 Nymphs of winged forms produced ; several small colonies of healthy 



individuals present beneath young leaves. 



28. 7. 13. Aphids big and healthy but not many produced ; chiefly collected on the 



very young leaves, but a few on older leaves ; nymphs of winged 

 forms present. 



Plant No. 19. Red Beet. 



27. 7. 13. Infected from Shirley Poppies No. 6 with five w. v. $'s. 

 4. 8. 13. A moderate number of young aphids present. 

 10. 8. 13. Not very many individuals present as yet. 



