#4105 · 🦗 bugs, crickets & other insects
Oleander Aphid
🇳🇱 Oleanderluis ·Aphis nerii
🦗 Bugs, crickets & other insects 📍 in the Netherlands
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © angelinbotanico · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 2. © Margarita Lankford · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 3. © Franz Anthony · CC BY 4.0
- 4. © Thorny Toad Photography · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 5. © Jesse Rorabaugh · CC0
- 6. © JanePannor · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 7. © magriet b · CC BY-SA 4.0
- 8. © Damon Tighe · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 9. © peggyo · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 10. © Rich Kostecke · CC BY-NC 4.0
what is it?
Aphis nerii is an aphid of the family Aphididae . Its common names include oleander aphid , milkweed aphid , sweet pepper aphid , and nerium aphid .
base stats
Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).
fun facts
- Spotted 9 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
- 42,457 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named by Étienne Laurent Joseph Hippolyte Boyer de Fonscolombe (1772-1853) in 1841 (185 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Oleander Aphid
- Nederlands
- Oleanderluis
- scientific name
- Aphis nerii
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Hemiptera
- family
- Aphididae
- in NL
- native
- sightings in NL
- 9
- sightings in Europe
- 1,620
- sightings worldwide
- 42,457
- GBIF records in NL
- 8
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1841 by Étienne Laurent Joseph Hippolyte Boyer de Fonscolombe (1772-1853)
relatives· Aphididae
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 71154, Wikidata Q3620599, GBIF 2072196, Wikipedia (EN). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.