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

Campion aphid

Brachycaudus lychnidis


Notes

Tiny sap-sucking amber-brown to black rotund aphids with a shiny appearance; antennae short and not obvious; posterior spikes very short; legs pale. Present on red campion (Silene dioica) in the buddleia border.


Months sighted in garden