FQPB celebrate their corner of Perth, Western Australia

The Friends of Queens Park Bushland (FQPB) is a community group of volunteers.

Our aim is to help the community connect with nature through protecting, regenerating and revegetating the bushland where the suburbs of Queens Park, East Cannington and Welshpool intersect.

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Macrosiphum euphorbiaeCommon name: Potato Aphid

Meaning of name: Unknown.

Distribution: Unknown.

Description: These aphids were approximately 3 millimetres long.

References: Identification courtesy of C. Brumley.

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Aphids feed on bushland plants as well as garden plants. These aphids are on the Scented Sun Orchid, Thelymitra macrophylla.

Aphids feed by sucking the sap of plants.