Matakan rayuwa: qwai, siffofin fuka-fuki, siffofin fuka-fuki.
Aphids ƙanana ne, masu laushi masu laushi, tsotsa kwari 1-4 mm a tsayi. Aphids suna shafar amfanin gonar dankalin turawa kai tsaye ta hanyar ciyarwa da kuma a kaikaice ta hanyar watsa ƙwayoyin cuta masu haifar da cututtuka masu mahimmanci. Mafi yawan nau'in aphids da ake samu akan dankali a Ontario sune kore peach, dankalin turawa da aphid buckthorn.
Yawancin aphids suna overwinter kamar ƙwai akan bishiyoyin 'ya'yan itace. A cikin bazara, aphids marasa fuka-fuki suna ƙyanƙyashe daga ƙwai kuma suna haifuwa ba tare da jima'i ba ta hanyar haihuwar rayuwa, samari mara fuka-fuki. Lokacin da yankin aphid maras fuka-fuki ya zama cunkoso, ana samar da masu fuka-fukai. Aphids masu fuka-fuki, wanda kuma ake kira "masu hijira na bazara," suna tashi zuwa masaukin bazara mai karɓuwa inda suke ciyarwa da kuma haifar da zuriya marasa fuka. Wingless aphids su ne mafi girman nau'i
akan dankali a lokacin girma. Yayin da shuke-shuken dankalin turawa suka girma kuma kwanakin suka yi guntu, baƙi maza da mata masu fuka-fuki suna bayyana. Suka tashi zuwa overwintering runduna, inda mata sa takin overwintering qwai.
Yawan aphid na iya karuwa da sauri lokacin da yanayin zafi ya yi yawa; gaurayawan yawan matasa da tsofaffi aphids na iya karuwa sau biyar a cikin mako guda. Dabbobi na dabi'a irin su ladybeetles da lacewings suna da tasiri sosai wajen kiyaye yawan aphid a ƙananan matakan.