Aphid mummies

Aphid mummies Photo: U of MN Department of Entomology	Size:	1/8 inch long
	Where/When:	Found on a wide variety of plants in gardens, trees, and agricultural crops, wherever aphids are found. Can be found during spring and summer.
	Significance:	An aphid mummy is the result of an an aphid being parasitized by a tiny wasp called an aphidiid wasp. After the aphidiid wasp emerges, the aphid is nothing more than a bloated, hollow shell. An important natural control agent of aphids.