reduced aphid fecundity, decreased heat tolerance, and modified aphid body color, from light to dark green

parasitoids showing a preference for probing aphids infected with R. viridis

in an experiment with a single-injected isolate of Rickettsiella sp. wasps were also attracted to plants fed on by aphids without secondary symbionts

aphid larvae become darker green when co-infected with Rickettsiella viridis and Hamiltonella defensa

young red aphid larvae infected whith symbiont become greener at adulthood,which can reduce predation risk

against this entomopathogen Pandora neoaphidis, reduce mortality and also decrease fungal sporulation on dead aphids which may help protect nearby genetically identical insects

Rickettsiella changes the insects’ body color from red to green in natural populations

changes the insects’ body color from red to green in natural populations, the infection increased amounts of blue-green polycyclic quinones, whereas it had less of an effect on yellow-red carotenoid pigments