Born Pregnant: Aphids Invade with an Onslaught of Clones | Deep Look

Female aphids are the matriarchs of a successful family operation- taking over your garden. But don’t lose hope; these pests have some serious predators and creepy parasites looking to take them down.
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Aphids are one of gardeners’ most hated pests. They’re incredibly prolific, seemingly popping up overnight to take down your favorite veggies.
"Aphids are just experts at reproducing," said Ian Grettenberger an entomologist at the University of California, Davis. "Given the right conditions, they can multiply really quickly and get out of control.
For most of the year female aphids giving live birth to clones that are themselves already pregnant. That means that most of the time, all of the aphids you see in your garden are pregnant females.
When their population gets big enough and the plant they’re on starts to wane, aphids start giving birth to a new type of winged clones called alates. Amazingly, the alates are genetically identical to their wingless mothers. The alates take to the air to find new plants to colonize.
--- What do aphids eat?
Aphids use their pointy stylet to pierce plant leaves and such out the sugary sap. Usually, plants can handle a light infestation, but aphids reproduce quickly. Heavily infested leaves yellow and wither. Aphids can also carry viruses that they spread between the different plants they feed on.
--- How do aphids spread?
Aphids give birth to winged clones called alates that fly from plant to plant. Since aphids can clone themselves, it only takes one aphid to infiltrate your garden and start causing trouble.
--- How do I get rid of aphids?
Some gardeners use oils and pesticide sprays to get rid of aphids but it’s very challenging to get every last one of them. You can purchase predators like lacewing larvae to hunt and eat aphids. You can also purchase parasitoid wasps that lay their eggs in aphids, killing them.
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I shall love this analogy forever

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[@ThePinkRubber]

The ladybug showcase actually improved my view on them. This episode highlights that ladybugs are our allies

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The alternate Clone Wars.

[@manderly109]

Why would you have a negative view of ladybugs?

[@CatMowpurr]

Does anyone know what happens to the baby aphids in pregnant aphids when the pregnant aphids are injected with eggs? Do they fight against the wasp larvae or get eaten in the belly as well?

[@0.001mm_tolerancy]

@@CatMowpurr They get eaten, I guess that's a logical conjecture

[@dejaporter7338]

same here

[@blazertundra]

Ladybugs don't seem to survive here in the Sonoran Desert, so I noticed something interesting. Birds have taken up the ladybug's niche. Thanks to a hummingbird feeder and a pesticide free yard, the Verdins and Gnatcatchers keep our yard almost completely free of aphids. When we're low on aphids, they use the hummingbird feeder. Ever since year those little guys realized we had a tasty buffet waiting for them, they have been coming through every winter and spring.

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Ladybugs swarm in the eastern US, your house will be full of them.

[@mk_rexx]

Are you ready? Aphid: I'm born pregnant!

[@gaminganimae3303]

Lamo

[@victorianidetch]

Being born pregnant saves a lot of time!

[@jamesstyles8832]

Lol

[@littlewig200]

😂😂😂😂

[@jackxonlee8193]

I'm both impressed and terrified now🙂

[@RePhantomz]

Aphids: lets hire ant mercenary as bodyguard. Farmer: lets hire xenomorph as our pest control.

[@Dylan_Otto]

that's.... oddly accurate... huh

[@madmaniac6778]

@@Dylan_Otto yeah

[@dhruvsingh1837]

underrated comment

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Who me?

[@Cleeon]

@@XenomorphLV426 hmm... Yap, your kinds

[@plant9940]

I was so taken aback by how they give birth to live babies and my mind was like “how is this even possible..?” And then I realized humans just do the same thing.

[@SunflowerOfTheEast]

Lol. True. But I have never heard of live birth in the insect world. Maybe I just don't know enough about insects...

[@HappyGick]

​​@@SunflowerOfTheEast Tsetse Fly.

[@THEMIMIK]

0:35 They pierce LEAVES and STEMS with their stylet 🙄 The sass in that sentence was hillarious 😂

[@teawrecks1243]

my gardener aunt always used the phrase "breeding like aphids" instead of "breeding like rabbits"

[@ParadoxAAA]

Rabbits: We breed and make babies like there's no tomorrow Aphids: Y'all need to breed to make babies? *Pathetic*

[@astralii0]

Aphids: I’m four parallel universes ahead of you.

[@penda-theepikanimations5407]

@@ParadoxAAA female aphid: I don’t want a baby God: eh, no.

[@nicholasemjohnson47]

More like, "breeding like tribbles".

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“Breeds like rats”

[@7dream7scape7]

Momma Aphid: aww a baby girl, your gonna have a bright futu... Baby: I’m pregnant.....

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the dady is god

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Daddy*

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@@amazeangelogames3165 gone*

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Momma: *"EXACTLY."*

[@Toto-sv8rr]

Josh Cassidy…you’re a genius!! Love the sound design. Kudos to Dina Munsch too!!

[@violetvalentine999]

love the editing & narration in this video 💜 the little bell ringing sounds when the aletes flew off the leaves were adorable!

[@XKMetralhaDO]

The insect universe is just awesome and terrifying at the same time

[@KQEDDeepLook]

Agreed!

[@2moke2creen]

Not just the insect kingdom, all of nature itself.

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@Ankit Meher the aphids

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I Mean "The Aphids?"

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Fascinating yes. Awsome.. However I think not

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2:48 The moment when you realize that LadyBugs are Predators

[@KQEDDeepLook]

Indeed.

[@TheChattounet]

so the word lady correspond perfectly to describe them ;)

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"wait, ladybugs are predators?" "always have been" 🌎 👨‍🚀 🔫 👨‍🚀

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That just makes them even better!

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Miraculously

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I love how she sounds disgusted when she says “they stick their stylet into plants”

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I've never been so entertained watching a video like this, very educational as well and humorous lines are found within. Just perfect. Great work!

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"She's got her mothers eyes" 🤣

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🤣🤣🤣🤣👀

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💀

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XD

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As if there were a father...

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And her body lol

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I have to highly recommend Journey to the Microcosmos then.

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Yup

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short and to the point i watched a few of your vids and each one answered a question i had about that insect you earned my sub thank you

[@angela1serenity]

This is why I bought a ton of ladybugs - to eat the aphids off my plants 😊👍🏽. Didn’t know that aphids clone themselves though …. 👀😳

[@greenbeevideo765]

Fun fact: ladybug larvae eat a lot more aphids than the iconic adults, so those packs of adult ladybugs you can buy as aphid control don't work super well unless you maintain suitable habitat for them to lay eggs and let the larvae feast. I feel it is important to educate people on what ladybug larvae look like, because they are conventionally "creepy" looking and people may kill them on accident thinking they are a pest or might bite.

[@rattyeely]

For those who don't know, ladybugs larva look like tiny black-and-red facehuggers, basically

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I think the larvae are cool. I don't see how you could find them creepy, although I guess I already know they are harmless so that might affect it.

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@@somuchsoul3041 I looked it up and they look so cool!

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I just google searched it, and I can't believe how that thing turns into a red lady bug, like there's no way!! Its looks like a complete different creature at its larval stage!

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@@SamMaciCool yea so cool !

[@jasconius7627]

"Did your charming image of ladybugs just get shattered?" After this video, i think it just reinforced it.

[@caraleroux2833]

I knew that ladybugs are gardeners’ friends since I was a kid due to my grandparents and dad gardening a lot. I think was my dad that first told me ladybugs eat harmful bugs on plants. He also told little me when I see a ladybug, I need to be very careful to not accidentally squish it so it can fly off and protect the plants. It’s one of those things that just stuck with me. Whenever I see a ladybug I smile. That little spotted creature helps us get food in our bellies.

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@@caraleroux2833 I just remember a Magic School Bus book talking about it.

[@blueispurple5474]

sad I used to hurt them cause I was thinking them as a pest. :(

[@psychotheman]

@@caraleroux2833 well yes and no, ladybugs are a gardeners friend but not the adult stage since they still eat aphids but not as effective as their kids. A ladybug larva eats aphids by the hundreds, i keep a lady bug colony ready in case i need them ;)

[@caraleroux2833]

@@psychotheman Well then, I stand corrected. A young ladybug is a gardener’s best friend. That’s pretty cool that you keep a colony in case you need them. I love ladybugs, spotting one always make me smile. Their wings are so pretty.

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At 2:13 who else didn't notice heaps of dead aphids the first time around?

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i didnt

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That's their shedded skin

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Started playing Grounded and these cool videos started to get recommended. Everything makes sense now.

[@SillyMegalodon]

I feel that it should be added that aphids are all female during the spring and summer months, but some species switch from this model of all female cloning into male and female in order to make eggs that can hibernate through the winter when it's too cold for the adults, before starting the all female cloning process anew the following spring.

[@felipeperez8354]

I was trying to figure out how these animals could've evolved if all of their offsprings were clones, now it makes more sense, they should have included it

[@trustI17]

@Dexhead i dont think he is saying males can be cloned? He says they switch from cloning into male female reproduction.

[@tresuvesdobles]

@Dexhead If they cannot be cloned, where do they come from? Do they stay alive the whole spring to be able to reproduce for the next year? I am just asking, since I cannot see the whole picture yet. I think they should have talked about this topic on the video

[@bengermin3104]

I'm more curious about how they are born pregnant

[@KQEDDeepLook]

Hi Veran Yean! You're right about the male clones later in the season, especially in places with colder winters. We had so much to cover in this episode we didn't get to that part since we figured it would take a while to explain. Also, I couldn't find any male aphids or eggs to film in time to make it into the episode. It's always a challenge to figure out what we have time to cover on any given subject like this. Cheers- Josh Cassidy

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Farmers: I used the nightmares to destroy the nightmares.

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*Modern Problems* require *Modern Solutions*

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yes

[@peaceanquiet4528]

could make a horror out of it...maybe that's what inspired AVP

[@mattmorehouse9685]

@@peaceanquiet4528 I have heard that the original Alien was inspired by parasitoid wasps.

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1:48 Begun the clone wars have

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I was looking for this

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this shows how advanced the insect it can envoled and change roll so easily

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This episode contains every horrifying alien bio-strategy ever put on a sci-fi movie. Only missing one thing, acid spit or acid blood and you've got yourself an extraterrestrial blockbuster.

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Yeah. I don't remember if they've already did the bombardier beetle.

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@@nunyabiznes33 yes they actually did.

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What about The word Quantum

[@lemongiver9270]

Funnily enough, aphids protectors (ants) will spit acid at something attacking their aphids

[@executor31]

Ants spit formic acid. Its how they fight eachother , multiple ants will latch to the enemy and one will climb and try to spray the exposed armor. The acid attacks the nerv syste

[@soulcleaner3578]

"Born Pregnant" sounds like title of one of those reality TV shows.

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Yep “ born that way” lolz

[@BazzBrother]

you can use any weird insect biological fact as a title for a Jerry Springer episode.

[@justsomeguygrowingabeard5897]

In my 20ish years of being alive and helping my mother grow vegetables, ive never once seen an aphid.

[@xbox5827]

When I was little (I still do it) I would go to the background and there would be a tiny forest and I would find so many bugs and play with them. The insect universe is so interesting!

[@l-san1517]

You know, Sometimes I’m glad I was never born an insect.

[@kirklanyoshinaga8953]

Agreed. at least for us mammals, death only comes in 2 ways, death from old age or by being eaten. Insects have much more ways to kill you. Note: I’m not including humans because we generally do worse to our own kind than we do to other animals and insects.

[@cortster12]

@@kirklanyoshinaga8953 Honestly, what nature can do to humans tends to be worse than what any human can do to us. If you think otherwise, keep that ignorance. It is bliss. The diseases and parasites that exist will horrify you.

[@justflex6745]

@@kirklanyoshinaga8953 Old age isn't what kills you. Its the diseases that come from it.

[@ppocreations289]

@@justflex6745 Right on that. Bacterial infections and viruses invade your body from a weakening infrastructure.

[@air6665]

Sometimes? Only sometimes?

[@metwo6855]

"your clones are very impressive, you must be very proud." "just a simple aphid trying to make her way through this garden"

[@SJHFoto]

Haha, excellent! I was actually going to make a comment about the ant protectors. What if an aphid is collected by a wandering ladybug and is screaming for the ants to help her because they had a deal,when a busy worker ant turns around and says, "I am altering the deal. Pray I don't alter it any further!"

[@OriginalSuper]

Yes

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😁

[@justcri]

4:16 the most disturbing thing i've seen in a while

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It’s kinda cute how the ant is like “hey hey hey hey man hey” and then they poop for him and he gobbled it up

[@DEEZ_N4T]

Therapist: mammal insect isn’t real, it can’t hurt you Mammal insect:

[@rattyeely]

This is so funny, they do produce live young and "milk", so they are weirdly mamal-like

[@pepesylvia848]

Cloning urself is something 99% of mammals can't do tho. (100%?)

[@wegner7036]

Cockroaches are also capable of live birth. I HIGHLY recommend that you take a look...

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Still with this meme? Grow up

[@Hayden_Cat]

Fun fact it is theoretically posible for a human female to reproduce like this

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Aphids with pregnant babies are like Russian dolls.

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ah yes

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Can someone explain?

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@@R1valdo thanks

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With each passing minute, this video became increasingly strange and unpredictable.

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What a great channel 😎😎😎 Thank you so much for sharing 😗😗😗 And, Laura, your voice and intonation are great 🤗😘😘😘

[@robgraham5697]

When I was a kid, My mother's roses suffered from an infestation of aphids. I found a ladybug and put it on a rosebush. It ate for two hours and didn't even stop to belch. One of my mantises treated them like a desert buffet. I hope it didn't get a stomachache.

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Can definitely say you made a spot on their top 10 humans list

[@wolflightning2331]

Yea your lucky its not conquered by a neighboring ant nest

[@azure.6874]

i misread roses as noses, and i haven’t cleared that picture out of my mind since.

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@@azure.6874 LOL!

[@liverbot4854]

@@azure.6874 Same! I thought I was the only one.

[@xMaugrex]

Imagine if humans milked cows by sniffing their udders Because apparently that's what ants do

[@natalieruegger8721]

hate to break it to ya, but they’re doing much more than sniffing.

[@cortster12]

Imagine if humans milked cows by massaging their anuses and eating what comes out. That would be a more apt analogy, and much more cursed.

[@oldcowbb]

So you think pulling cow nipples for mammal juice is not weird

[@somerandomguy4240]

@@oldcowbb Not as weird as the alternative.

[@nedrostram2360]

Humans have exploited innocent cows for centuries

[@yourbestpallshawn4139]

My grandpa used to make me come outside to show me the wasps he put in his garden popping out of the aphids. And am not gonna lie it never gets old

[@Electroblade360]

1:41 And That's The Moment My Eyes Widened

[@BestOfAnimalss]

They’re so tiny but their damage is massive to plants

[@sylviahacker6695]

Only if their natural enemies have been supressed or removed. Most plants cope with aphids quite well.

[@trustI17]

@@sylviahacker6695 The problem is ants. Many invasive species of ants that dont have predators that can handle them (argentine ants being the biggest problem) farm the aphids uncontested. Since the aphids natural enemies just get killed by the invasive ants, they grow out of control.

[@jdm6613]

@Mom Noll So did you ever find anything successful? A gardener on KZbin suggested diatomaceous earth.

[@nudgeone7927]

Yeah same could be said about humans. We're a parasite believe it or not.

[@pepesylvia848]

@@sylviahacker6695 not true since I grow my garden in a place that isn't supposed to have plant life at all, and these buggers found my crops and destroyed them. The natural predators were never removed. They never existed at all.

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200,000 units are ready, with a million more well on the way

[@FriendlyKat]

How did I not think of this reference?! Years of academy training WASTED! LOL

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@@FriendlyKat back to school

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Lol

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@@FriendlyKat lol

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Haha "Release ladybugs* Counter attack!

[@sayyanlt78]

This is such a well done and informative video! My love for lady bugs continues to grow :-)

[@SpeedHomeAttack]

The only time in my life where I'm happy to see a wasp

[@E.l347]

Me: aww cute baby’s Also me : gett off my f*cking pepper plants!!!!

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@Haerin Jung F

[@E.l347]

i caught some ladybugs from my grandmas garden and they ate them right away so fun to watch

[@aquamote]

Right?! Its always pepper plants . From out of nowhere even indoors ones

[@tayo0404]

🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣

[@VashtheStampede007]

I brought potted pepper plants indoor before winter. They always get infested out of nowhere a few weeks later. At the time I brought them in, I saw nothing on them...

[@thelordmule]

As a gardener, I cherish spiders, praying mantis, some wasps, and love the ladybugs :)

[@explosivediarrhea56]

I almost care

[@cabr0ncete]

@@explosivediarrhea56 you did replying a year old coment on a 5 min video about aphids.

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@@cabr0ncete lol

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I luv spiders❤

[@FishCakeIce]

As a butterfly and moth lover, I'm wary of predators! It's hard to deal eith aphids on things like milkweed, because all these predator insects eat butterfly eggs.

[@boofang10]

BRILLIANTLY DONE !! Makes you want to "love" aphids !!! 💕💕

[@kenxiong9776]

If I was an insect watching this, I be deleting my browser history.

[@blobbertmcblob4888]

"Mom I'm preugnat!" "You were just born-" "Yes!"

[@ZainorZafran]

*pregante

[@Donikin]

praganant*

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Pregnant*

[@chrono-glitchwaterlily8776]

Pregnante

[@magmacube8689]

*Pretnet

[@squeegie]

Female pop artist: "I don't need no man" Aphids: "Pfft.. .Amateurs"

[@karlbischof2807]

i read this as "female pop tarts"

[@KrillWhisperer]

"what did you say?"

[@edwinnewmaniii2092]

@@karlbischof2807mmm, human flavored Pop-tart! I prefer them heated up in the microwave

[@taho3692]

🤣🤣🤣

[@unicornrainbowvomit6597]

@@edwinnewmaniii2092 i demand ur pardon

[@MaximusFrisia]

Oh woow this is super cool. I am a horticulture student and i've learned a lot about all types of aphids, And how to keep their population under control with the help of other insects. In the greenhouse I work in we use those wasps from the video, and it's awesome to see how they lay eggs in the Aphids. Great video tahnk you!

[@r111gm]

This was the most interesting and most terrifying video so far

[@MermaidMakes]

I love when ladybugs gather. They keep us New Englanders from being lonely in the winter, like little housemates who live in your walls to get warm. Then they keep our gardens healthy in the winter!! My love for them can never be shattered!!

[@mr.z6887]

but they dont pay rent!

[@oldcowbb]

@@mr.z6887 paid by service

[@freez1ngsapper]

I’ve struggled with these pests for years, I didn’t know they cloned themselves. Informative and demoralizing. /sigh

[@vatekanore3756]

Don't worry, that only means that if something kills one, it will kill the rest

[@kenzyl9374]

Ants : Don't worry we're gonna protect you just give us delicious sweets Wasp : Not so fast

[@Bloodlyshiva]

With so many predators, it makes sense to spec for pop growth.

[@RexRagerunner]

Aww, look at her! She has her Great,Great,Great,Great,Great,Great Grandmothers eyes who first colonized here last week!

[@ancikamayzaputriy.1409]

Please 😭🤚

[@metwo6855]

basically they get protected by the ants... to poop.

[@ultimatequeenofdeath666]

this video is the perfect example of why i'm terrified of bugs

[@KQEDDeepLook]

Fair.

[@alpha_baboon]

This was fascinating makes me deep dive into the insects world more

[@revellucien8031]

My favorite KZbin channel. “She has her mother’s eyes”

[@IllyDragonfly]

As somebody with roses I know the pain! I literally squeal in delight seeing a ladybug scampering on me... because I can kidnap it and place it on my roses to hunt those little gremlins down!

[@multipleSpiders]

when my dad’s plants get covered in aphids, i relocate all the ladybug and lacewing larvae i find on weeds around the yard onto them so he won’t use pesticides :)

[@girijapentakota4144]

I love how you make gross looking insects pretty and cute and intersting! Plus your voice!💙

[@spookayitsme]

1:15 Well, she's actually more of a sister than she is it's mother.

[@braintwo3398]

Alabama

[@inthegloom1675]

She basically is her mother 🤯

[@XLeon_S_KennedyX]

All these time, I never knew Aphids can grow wings!

[@BrickChick]

Lol no, my love for 🐞ladybugs has grown immensely. Shocking part of the video was you got me to kinda like wasps....

[@grandmasaggs1860]

They make a good aphid roast when trying to survive in a backyard, hiding from wolf spiders.

[@user-ef5gf7kg3t]

“Most of the time aphids clone themselves.” Me: THEY WHAT?!

[@wildyato3737]

Shadow Clone Justu 🤣

[@babyniu3232]

It started out pretty cool, but then it became terrifying in just a few minutes....

[@pendadenda1331]

The larva must feel terrified to see a parasitic wasp kill all their friends and relatives. And Themselves

[@DrLoudPacks]

This was one of the most fascinating videos I’ve ever seen

[@jaseiwilde]

Ant: it's honey dew.. cross my heart

[@incredibleweirdo06]

I was literally thinking about this movie when they mentioned that. (Hope I got the reference right)

[@quoctuanlee3544]

"Her babies are born already pregnant"!

[@Reyvion]

I love how there's a bell dinging sound when the female wasp injected its eggs on the aphids. Kt perfectly captures their moment of doom.

[@Liuhuayue]

This is why some gardening catalogues have ladybugs.

[@thymythymyth]

Wow, is your baby pregnant with a pregnant baby pregnant with a pregnant baby pregnant with a pregnant baby pregnant with a pregnant baby? 🤷‍♀️

[@MistaMaine.]

Yes. My great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great grandmother. 🦠

[@Icantchangemyhandlehelp]

Pregnant with a pregnant baby pregnant with a pregnant baby pregnant with a pregnant baby

[@Tempst]

I've always read aphids can be tackled by ladybugs. Finally glad to see it live. I freaking love lady bugs !!!

[@judithajoku8]

When she said “ugghh” she took the words right out of my mouth

[@user-qc7zl4lk3e]

“she got her mother's eyes” I'm dead🤣🤣

[@tyriquemcloud1215]

This channel is top for me I learnt from this channel my teacher asked me how😅

[@KQEDDeepLook]

That's great!

[@idontknow._.4791]

*Send her the link of this channel so you might watch this at class*

[@tyriquemcloud1215]

@Ankit Meher your right

[@user-sf9gs2pg1b]

The ants tapping on the aphids seems like it would feel nice to the aphids. Like a little massage.

[@jssp-oq6lq]

awesome, video, these bugs have like back up plans for backup plans

[@P3N1SLUVR]

Wow, I never realized how much I hate these little devils. I actually smiled and cheered on the wasps while they parasitized these little clones.

[@doughnutheart9509]

I love ladybugs, I've read about their usage as a sort of pesticide in agricultural college and my love for them just grew more !!

[@montradome6665]

I was so happy when that ladybug showed up! Go get em!

[@astonnoor]

Laura Your Presentation is funny and addicted at the same time ❤️😂.

[@rajmars]

Nice narration. Humourous too

[@lindonnie4679]

born pregnant me: i guess they never experienced break ups or heartbreaks their entire lifespan

[@sommerprettygirlgamer2719]

This takes "we don't die, we multiply" to whole nother level.

wow that a great video that I ever seen and understand about aphids. thanks

[@SilencedButNotForgotten]

That's absolutely terrifying.

[@MrTaperecorder]

Im glad were learning about these creatures. You could say I'm an *aphid* lover of them.

[@blizzard1198]

I was Here

[@amberharpoonminecraft4322]

Yes u were

[@reionj8816]

Ikr

[@idontknow._.4791]

4:27 why is that a perfect circle-

[@haesung9256]

I'm not sure why, but I find the green aphids to be somewhat cute and I find the aphid mummies to be absolutely fascinating

[@greensun7099]

This is cosmic! True "aliens". Macro view is fascinating!!!

[@dabiblueflame7930]

This is aphids Vs Humans Version of The Clone Wars

[@AnansitheSpider8]

"Begun, the Aphid Clone War has." - Yoda

[@tatanyawalters4857]

i want you