Cabbage Aphid

Brevicoryne brassicae
Pest image (all)
Cabbage aphids on raceme

Cabbage aphids on raceme

Management guide
Cabbage Aphid (Kansas Canola)
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 diagnostic image(s)
Cabbage aphid close up
Pest photo source
Svetlana Micic, Peter Mangano:https://www.agric.wa.gov.au/pest-insects/aphi