{"id":1296,"date":"2021-07-22T08:31:44","date_gmt":"2021-07-22T15:31:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/extension\/uploads\/sites\/31\/melon-aphids-2L.jpg"},"modified":"2021-07-22T08:31:44","modified_gmt":"2021-07-22T15:31:44","slug":"melon-aphids-2l","status":"inherit","type":"attachment","link":"https:\/\/mtvernon.wsu.edu\/path_team\/melon-aphids-2l\/","title":{"rendered":"Melon aphids"},"author":4,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"categories":[],"tags":[],"description":{"rendered":"<p class=\"attachment\"><a href='https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/extension\/uploads\/sites\/31\/melon-aphids-2L.jpg'><img width=\"396\" height=\"297\" src=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/extension\/uploads\/sites\/31\/melon-aphids-2L-396x297.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"melon aphids on host plant-2\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/extension\/uploads\/sites\/31\/melon-aphids-2L-396x297.jpg 396w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/extension\/uploads\/sites\/31\/melon-aphids-2L.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 396px) 100vw, 396px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Melon aphids, like other aphids, are soft-bodied, pear shaped with long antennae at one end and a pair of cornicles (tailpipes) on the posterior end. The cornicles secrete defensive fluids. Aphids have a long stylet (\u2018straw\u2019) they stick into the plant to feed on plant fluids. Note the whitish cast skins.<br \/><strong>Photo Source: <\/strong>Michael Bush, Washington State University Extension, Yakima, WA<\/p>\n"},"caption":{"rendered":"<p>Melon aphids, like other aphids, are soft-bodied, pear shaped with long antennae at one end and a pair of cornicles (tailpipes) on the posterior end. The cornicles secrete defensive fluids. Aphids have a long stylet (\u2018straw\u2019) they stick into the plant to feed on plant fluids. Note the whitish cast skins.<br \/><strong>Photo Source: <\/strong>Michael Bush, Washington State University Extension, Yakima, WA<\/p>\n"},"alt_text":"melon aphids on host plant-2","media_type":"image","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","media_details":{"width":750,"height":563,"file":"melon-aphids-2L.jpg","filesize":34916,"sizes":{"medium":{"file":"melon-aphids-2L-396x297.jpg","width":396,"height":297,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/extension\/uploads\/sites\/31\/melon-aphids-2L-396x297.jpg"},"full":{"file":"melon-aphids-2L.jpg","width":750,"height":563,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/extension\/uploads\/sites\/31\/melon-aphids-2L.jpg"}},"image_meta":{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0","keywords":[]}},"post":null,"source_url":"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/extension\/uploads\/sites\/31\/melon-aphids-2L.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mtvernon.wsu.edu\/path_team\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1296"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mtvernon.wsu.edu\/path_team\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mtvernon.wsu.edu\/path_team\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/attachment"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mtvernon.wsu.edu\/path_team\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mtvernon.wsu.edu\/path_team\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1296"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mtvernon.wsu.edu\/path_team\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1296"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mtvernon.wsu.edu\/path_team\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1296"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}