Plants and animals of Pointfield

An informal survey of the plant and animal life living in or visiting the grounds of Pointfield, Kelso since 2015   

Hemiptera

Mealy cabbage aphid

Brevicoryne brassicae


Notes

Tiny sap-sucking green-grey aphids with a powdery coating (wingless stage) present in great numbers on the growing flower buds and leaves of purple sprouting broccali. More pointed at rear than lupin aphid.


Months sighted in garden