Aphids can have different colorations with green and black ones being especially common, but these small insects also come in red, yellow and orange. Their friend is the ant that feeds on honeydew left by these pests on plants. Cases have been observed when ant colonies “bred” aphids and protected them from predators. The natural enemy of aphids are ladybirds. During the day they are able to eat up to several hundred of these small insects. Aphids breed several times a year, and sometimes this happens without the presence of males. Females are able to give birth to larvae even without fertilization by males.
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