Comments | urbpan: 365 Urban Species. #034: Lettuce Aphid

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365 Urban Species. #034: Lettuce Aphid

Feb 03, 2006 23:30

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lettuce aphid, 365 urban species, insects, aphids, animals

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ankhanu February 4 2006, 16:54:12 UTC

Lettuce is home to a lot of different insect "pests". I was working on an irrigation demonstration project through the summer and one of our test fields was a lettuce field. I saw a LOT of Coccinella septempunctata (Seven spotted Ladybird) in that field. Saw plenty of other predatory beetles as well (Carabids, Cicindellids, etc).

I wonder how widespread this aphid species is in North America.

anonymous February 4 2006, 18:17:11 UTC

Cool! You got one of those trash dematerializers. I'm afraid to get one, because I know I'm such a klutz that I'd bump my head into the matrix and give myself an unintentional haircut, if I'm lucky or lobotomy if I'm not.

urbpan February 4 2006, 21:57:23 UTC

Non sequitur comment of the day award to:
Anonymous.
Isn't that always the way?

cottonmanifesto February 4 2006, 22:21:19 UTC

Apropos of nothing, 'lettuce aphid' sounds like the punchline to a knock-knock joke!

turil February 5 2006, 02:55:17 UTC

Hey, not that this has anything at all to do with aphids, but Pywaket and I saw a white squirrel in Somerville today. we didn't get to see it for long before it ran into someone's backyard, but it seemed all white. Well, not pure white, but a slightly dirty white, I guess. Maybe an albino?

urbpan February 5 2006, 06:05:37 UTC

Possibly albino, possibly leucistic. Either way, very cool!