 Bird cherry-oat aphid colony Bird
Cherry-Oat Aphid These olive-green to black aphids are about 2 mm long and have a characteristic orange or red band across the back of the abdomen. They are a fall pest of cereal grains and the principal vector of barley yellow dwarf virus. Large populations migrate from corn in the fall to winter cereal crops. Host plants: cereals, corn, grasses, bird-cherry.
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