Talk:Acyrthosiphon pisum

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See summary of changes: added generalities on the pea aphids and more info on research topic. I moved the section on symbiosis there because symbiosis is not specific to the pea aphid. Parthenogenesis ins't either, but I believe it fits well in the description of the life cycle. Among minor changes, I removed the line about pigments from the taxobox (description of the main photo). I don't think it fits well there. I moved it to the description of the red morph.

Some references may still require formatting (have trouble for those with no DOI) and there might be some typos and others errors, since English isn't my first language.

Cheers, Jpeccoud (talk) 16:08, 27 January 2011 (UTC) Jean Peccoud (who did his PhD on this beast)[reply]

Could someone write about their ability to explode (commit suicide) when being attacked. They are unique amongst the animal kingdom except for humans and some species of Termites in commiting suicide. --Shabidoo | Talk 03:08, 20 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v328/n6133/abs/328797b0.html

http://webecoist.com/2010/03/12/animal-suicide-realistic-or-romantic/ --Shabidoo | Talk 03:10, 20 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

According to reports about this study [1] the insect may be using light to fuel itself -- 76.65.128.252 (talk) 04:38, 21 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

From: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suicide , there is this:

"Pea aphids, when threatened by a ladybug, can explode themselves, scattering and protecting their brethren and sometimes even killing the ladybug.[156] Some species of termites have soldiers that explode, covering their enemies with sticky goo.[157][158]"

Maybe incorporate into Acyrthosiphon pisum article? 71.139.166.154 (talk) 04:16, 30 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Reply from JPeccoud 9/26/13: pea aphids don't explode. This defense reaction should not be described here. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2.11.241.220 (talk) 17:45, 26 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I think the large section about symbiosis with Buchnera, although interesting, is too obscure and doesn't fit in an article about the pea aphid, because most of the facts described are unlikely to be specific to its relationship with A. pisum (even though they were studied in A. pisum). They likely apply to Buchnera in general. I would suggest removing the section from the pea aphid article, and summarizing the most important facts in the article about Buchnera (which lacks of lot of content), without suggesting that these may be specific to Buchnera aphidicola ssp A. pisum. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 195.220.223.244 (talk) 16:24, 23 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]