Green peach aphid
Insect
Green peach aphid
Myzus persicae (Sulzer)
Hemiptera: Sternorrhyncha: Aphididae
Distribution: Widespread in most stone fruit-growing states and provinces in eastern North America.
These smooth-looking, pear-shaped insects have long antennae and a pair of cornicles extending from the posterior end of the body. Wingless adults and nymphs are yellowish green, with three darker green lines on the abdomen (A). Winged adults are similar in color, but with a dark head and thorax.