http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2009/02/25/the-suicide-plasterers-aphids-that-repair-their-homes-with-their-own-bodily-fluids/ Dive into the awe-inspiring, beautiful and quirky world of science news with award-winning writer Ed Yong. No previous experience required. Sat, 26 May 2012 10:52:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2009/02/25/the-suicide-plasterers-aphids-that-repair-their-homes-with-their-own-bodily-fluids/comment-page-1/#comment-3075 Ed Yong Thu, 26 Feb 2009 14:28:40 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2009/02/25/the-suicide-plasterers-aphids-that-repair-their-homes-with-their-own-bodily-fluids/#comment-3075 A valid point, but that doesn't explain the fact that if colonies don't finish their repairs of their own accord, without interference, that the galls die. A valid point, but that doesn’t explain the fact that if colonies don’t finish their repairs of their own accord, without interference, that the galls die.

]]> http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2009/02/25/the-suicide-plasterers-aphids-that-repair-their-homes-with-their-own-bodily-fluids/comment-page-1/#comment-3074 Lincoln Yeoh Thu, 26 Feb 2009 14:16:29 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2009/02/25/the-suicide-plasterers-aphids-that-repair-their-homes-with-their-own-bodily-fluids/#comment-3074 Maybe the colonies die when you keep soaking up the fluids because more aphids keep killing themselves trying to fill the holes in vain. Maybe the colonies die when you keep soaking up the fluids because more aphids keep killing themselves trying to fill the holes in vain.

]]> http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2009/02/25/the-suicide-plasterers-aphids-that-repair-their-homes-with-their-own-bodily-fluids/comment-page-1/#comment-3073 Lilian Nattel Wed, 25 Feb 2009 19:01:58 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2009/02/25/the-suicide-plasterers-aphids-that-repair-their-homes-with-their-own-bodily-fluids/#comment-3073 That's fascinating! That’s fascinating!

]]> http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2009/02/25/the-suicide-plasterers-aphids-that-repair-their-homes-with-their-own-bodily-fluids/comment-page-1/#comment-3072 RichH Wed, 25 Feb 2009 18:07:59 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2009/02/25/the-suicide-plasterers-aphids-that-repair-their-homes-with-their-own-bodily-fluids/#comment-3072 Fascinating! Is there any evidence that there is symbiosis involved? Or is this purely parasitical? What effects are there on the plant that the aphids inhabit? Fascinating!
Is there any evidence that there is symbiosis involved? Or is this purely parasitical? What effects are there on the plant that the aphids inhabit?

]]>