Pine needles are tough and don't seem like they should be very appetizing. Nevertheless, after my close encounter with a
western conifer seed bug, I decided to start paying more attention to the pine tree in the backyard. In one of my searches, I found a needle that had been colonized by aphids.
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| Five aphids on a pine needle. |
These aphids can pierce through the pine needle to feed on the sap. Despite the apparent difficulty of feeding on a needle, they seem to be doing quite well. When I first found this group of aphids, there were five of them. When I went back to check three days later, they had already produced three more clonal daughters!
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| Eight aphids on the pine needle. |
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