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

Galium aphid

Linosiphon galiophagum


Notes

Tiny sap-sucking green aphids with a trace of white waxy covering on some emphasising segment edges; antennae much longer than body; legs pale. Present in great numbers on the stems of sticky willy (Galium aparine) at the bottom of the garden.


Months sighted in garden