Agriculture: Carrot Pest Management Guidelines

Identification of Most Common Aphid Species in Carrot

The following photos and identification tips will help you distinguish the characteristics of aphid found in carrots. Names link to more information on identification and management.

  Wingless Form Winged Form
Bean Aphid Cluster of black aphids on a green leaf, showing their various sizes and oval-shaped bodies that are dull matte-black.
Identification tip: dull matte-black appearance (versus shiny)

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Identification tip: except for wings, appearance is the same as the wingless form

Cowpea aphid Close-up of black cowpea aphids feeding on a leaf, highlighting their shiny black oval bodies and yellow-orange legs.
Identification tip: shiny black appearance (versus matte)
Close-up of a black winged aphid perched on a green leaf, displaying translucent wings and slender antennae.
Identification tip: except for wings, appearance is the same as the wingless form
Cotton (melon) aphid) Close-up of several small oval-shaped yellow aphids and a larger tan-colored mummified aphid on a textured green leaf.
Identification tip: may be lemon yellow (associated with hot and dry environment) to blackish green (when cooler).
Close-up of oval-shaped yellow-green aphids clustered on a leaf. One of the aphids has wings and a darker head.

Identification tip: black cornicles present

Crown and root aphid A cluster of green aphids on a green leaf. The aphids are yellow to green and oval in shape.
Identification tip: pale yellow to gray green
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Green peach aphid A close up of oval-shaped pale green aphids on a green leaf. The largest of the aphid has two prominent nubs called tubercles between the antennae on its head. Tubelike structures called cornicles protrude from the abdomen.
Identification tip: pale green or pinkish with large cornicles
A close of up of an elongated oval-shaped winged aphid. The body has a dark patch on the abdomen but otherwise is green. The antenna are as long as the body.
Identification tip: dark patch on abdomen
Honeysuckle Aphid

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Identification tip: grayish green, dark features, white wax during

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Identification tip: mottled green abdomen, dark patch around each cornicle
Willow-Carrot aphid Oval-shaped green aphids of various sizes clustered on a stem.
Identification tip: pale green with a second tail-like appendage

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Identification tip: Black head and thorax with pale green abdomen

Text Updated: 11/24
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