Pest Profile
Cabbage Aphid
Brevicoryne brassicae
Management guide
Pest Description
Cabbage aphids are soft-bodied and oval or pear shaped with a posterior pair of tubes called cornicles, which project backward. Wingless adult cabbage aphids are 1/10 inches long, oval-shaped and appear grayish-green or grayish-white due to their waxy covering. They prefer feeding on young leaves and flowers. Colonies of aphids are found on upper and lower leaf surfaces, in leaf folds, along the leafstalk, and near leaf axils.
Source of information
Harsimran Kaur Gill, Harsh Garg and Jennifer L. Gillett-Kaufman, Entomology and Nematology Department, University of Florida: http://entnemdept.ufl.edu/creatures/veg/aphid/cabbage_aphid.htm
Pest Diagnostics
Pest photo source
Svetlana Micic, Peter Mangano:https://www.agric.wa.gov.au/pest-insects/aphi