Too bad Canine Heritage is going out of the DNA testing business. I've had 4 mixed breed dogs tested by them, two of them also by Wisdom. Didn't send any pictures to either. Canine Heritage was quite accurate on all 4, whereas Wisdom faltered on both less than at least 50%.
The lettuce root aphid is a soil dweller that attacks lettuce roots in spring and summer, causing lettuce plants to wilt and occasionally die. In fall, this species often moves to poplar trees, where it overwinters in the egg stage and produces leaf galls in spring.
When placed on a herbaceous stem, it soon has its mouthparts embedded and is withdrawing plant sap. Sometimes so much plant sap is taken that it cannot use all of it and the aphid secretes droplets of the sugar to attract ants that in turn protect and care for the aphids.