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Aphis nerii
Tiny little yellow bugs that suck the life out of milkweed, oleander and a few other plants. This is a non-native invasive species.
Tropical and Mediterranean climates. San Diego is a Mediterranean climate zone, so they flourish here.
This is interesting! "Female aphids lay live young (nymphs), a process known as viviparity. Female aphids reproduce by parthenogenesis, males have never been observed in the wild but have been produced under laboratory conditions" (Wikipedia)
Spotted on Aug 24, 2017
Submitted on Jan 4, 2019
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Great shot and write-up Ava. Weird. Like the most dominant male Clownfish changing sex and taking the place of the matriarch of the group when she dies. Very strange.