For the identification of insects and other fauna and flora of South Africa.

Sunday, August 11, 2013

Oleander Aphid (Aphis nerii)

Family Sternorrhyncha Aphididae

For some reason I only associate aphides with rose bushes so it came as a surprise to find them on a creeper on one of our beaches.
 Ladybirds/bugs usually eat them but I did not see them but I am sure there are other predators who do.

1 comment:

Firefly the Travel Guy said...

There's a lot of them on there