small, sluggish, soft-bodied insects
often called plant lice
winged and wingless forms of adults
immatures are smaller and wingless
most species give birth to living young and build up very rapidly
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Photo credit: W. L. Sterling, Department of Entomology, Texas A&M University
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several species attack various crops
sucking plant sap
causing stunting, and leaf curling
leaving honeydew deposits
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