Did you know that aphids give birth to live young?

When I was turning over Sycamore leaves one day last week, I noticed this adult Sycamore aphid (Drepanosiphum platanoidis) was in the process of giving birth. As well as the photo, I tried to capture a short video but that didn’t go well. You can just see the baby wiggle its legs before the end of the video, which I had to cut short because the passage of the other tiny creature through the frame caused the camera to lose focus, and the adult aphid scurried away before I could try again.