PEST OF CORIANDER :: MINOR PESTS ::APHID

2. Aphid: Hyadophis coriandri (Hemiptera: Aphididae)
            Both nymphs and adults congregate colonise on ventral surface of leaves and suck cell sap. Due to copious production of honey dew, leaves give a glistening appearance in the beginning, but later covered with sooty mould fungus. Nymphs and adults are yellowish green. A single female produces 40 to 50 young ones and they take 8 to 12 days to mature. Life cycle is completed in 14 to 21 days during summer and 6 weeks in winter.