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a·phid
/ ˈāfid; ˈaf-/
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n.
a minute bug (superfamily Aphidoidea, suborder Homoptera) that feeds by sucking sap from plants.
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Aphids.(PEST OF THE MONTH)
Magazine article from: Arbor Age; 11/1/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...woolly apple aphids, Asian hackberry aphids and elm aphids are just a few of the commonly occurring aphid species that are pests of ornamentals. The life cycle of aphids is highly unusual in that aphids have two...
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 "The Kentucky Post (Covington, KY)")
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APHIDS MULTIPLY VERY FAST.(NEWS)(Gardening)
Newspaper article from: The Kentucky Post (Covington, KY); 7/20/2002; 680 words
; ...rates can increase aphid reproductive rates...the most common aphids found in greenhouses...disposed. Female aphids are born pregnant and a newborn aphid may take only a...can eat up to 100 aphids per day. Other enemies of the aphid include the wasp...
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Aphids can be tough little bugs
Newspaper article from: Yakima Herald-Republic; 4/2/1998; ; 700+ words
; ...is definitely the aphid. "Aphids are messy little...many as 500 to 750 aphids a day. Also good...syrphid fly and the aphid midge. Encourage...insects to control the aphid population in your...remedies for killing aphids A lot of homemade...
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Aphids with attitude: an army of real-life adolescent clones.
Magazine article from: Science News; 7/6/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...drama. Yet a few aphid species turn out...like cows. These aphids live together in...like teenage-aphid army consists entirely...clones. PLANT VAMPS Aphids live basically as...Texas, Austin. "Aphids are basically little...report of a social aphid, a species with...
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 "Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA)")
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APHIDS BUGGING YOU? HERE'S WHAT TO DO.(Life and Arts)(NORTHWEST GARDENS)
Newspaper article from: Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA); 4/24/2003; 700+ words
; ...consume 500 to a 1,000 aphids during its larval stage...s important because aphids excel at reproduction. Aphid females can reproduce...juices. Black bean aphids typically don't attack...break, the rosy apple aphid, the pea aphid or the...
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Aphid-tending Ants Affect Secondary Users in Leaf Shelters and Rates of Herbivory on Salix hookeriana in a Coastal Dune Habitat
Magazine article from: The American Midland Naturalist; 10/1/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...Wilson, 1990). By defending aphids, aphid-tending ants can dramatically...abundance by 80%, on trees with aphid-ant mutualists removed. Aphid-tending ants also remove competing herbivores from the aphids' hostplant (Messina, 1981...
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 "Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO)")
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PROLIFIC APHIDS CAN KEEP GARDENER BUSY.(Spotlight on Home and Gardening)
Newspaper article from: Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO); 7/4/1998; 700+ words
; ...every day. Meet the aphid, surely one of the most...descendants of a single female aphid could reproduce, more than 5 billion aphids would reside in your...small, bright green aphids that suck juices from...is home to dozens of aphid species, including the...
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The quality of aphids as food for generalist predators: implications for natural control of aphids
Magazine article from: European Journal of Entomology; 1/1/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...nutritionally from an aphid outbreak. The low food quality of aphids to generalist predators...conditions they may inhibit aphid multiplication to the extent that the aphids do not reach outbreak levels. Specialist aphid predators on the other...
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Aphid Infestation Causes Different Changes in Carbon and Nitrogen Allocation in Alfalfa Stems as Well as Different Inhibitions of Longitudinal and Radial Expansion1
Magazine article from: Plant Physiology; 4/1/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...source tissue by aphids. Calculation of...rates suggested that aphid infestation led to...1999). As pea aphids do not transmit viruses...host plants. Thus, aphid infestation reduces...plant response to aphid infestations, as...is believed that aphids feed from phloem...
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Cereal aphids (Hemiptera: Aphidoidea) in Serbia: Seasonal dynamics and natural enemies
Magazine article from: European Journal of Entomology; 7/1/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...Key words. Cereal aphids, parasitoids, predators...the number of live aphid, mummies, aphid...beginning of July, when aphids left the wheat crop...species of cereal aphid natural enemies...importance in cereal aphid communities. Furthermore...dynamics of cereal aphids was ...
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aphid
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...of the life cycle. Some aphids (e.g., the woolly apple aphid) secrete long strands...appropriate stages of the aphids' life cycle and sheltering the aphid eggs in their nests during the winter. The aphids, in turn, provide honeydew...
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Aphids
Encyclopedia entry from: The Gale Encyclopedia of Science
Aphids Aphids are insects in the...lice. Some 3, 800 aphid species have been...chemical when the aphid is threatened. Aphids have a complicated...diet. Ants protect aphid eggs during the winter...carry newly hatched aphids to new host plants...
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aphids
Book article from: A Dictionary of Zoology
aphids See APHIDIDAE .
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Thrips
Encyclopedia entry from: The Gale Encyclopedia of Science
...species of predatory thrips feed on mites, aphids, and other thrips. The majority of thrips...such as Malathion) used to control aphids and whiteflies also kill thrips. Less...also control greenhouse thrips as long as aphids, the preferred prey of lacewings, are...
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cooperation
Book article from: A Dictionary of Biology
...cooperation is the relationship formed between ants and aphids: the aphids gain protection by living in the ant colonies, while the ants feed on secretions from the aphids. Interspecific cooperation is a looser association...
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