Months sighted in garden
Blackthorn aphid
Brachycaudus helichrysi
An informal survey of the plant and animal life living in or visiting the grounds of Pointfield, Kelso since 2015
Hemiptera
sap-sucking fawn-coloured aphids with dorso-lateral dimples. Antennae about 60% of bopdy length; legs pale and siphunculi very small. Seen on leaf of cherry plum (Prunus cerasifera) by the greenhouse. Causes leaf curl with leaves rolled perpendicular to midrib.