How to Use aphid in a Sentence

aphid

noun

• Common pests include mealybugs, spider mites, and aphids.
  — Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 26 Oct. 2024
• Also, be on the lookout for aphids, cutworms, woodchucks, and rabbits, which attack seedlings.
  — Sheryl Geerts, Better Homes & Gardens, 13 Oct. 2024
• Peas enrich the soil with nitrogen, benefitting turnips, while turnips detract aphids, which benefits peas.
  — Sheryl Geerts, Better Homes & Gardens, 15 Oct. 2024
• Most of the aphids will not be able to return to the plant.
  — Rita Perwich, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 May 2023
• One records the white speckle of aphid eggs on a patch of leaves.
  — Leah Ollman, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2019
• The disease was caused by a virus that was spread by aphids.
  — Grace Hwang Lynch, SFChronicle.com, 31 Oct. 2019
• The first pests in spring are clumps of aphids on our new foliage and buds.
  — Rita Perwich, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Mar. 2024
• Watch for aphids and knock them from plants with a blast of water.
  — idahostatesman, 21 Mar. 2018
• Most aphids that spread the virus die out by mid-summer.
  — William Thornton | [e-mail], al.com, 16 July 2019
• Some of the first insect pests of the spring are aphids on tender young plant growth.
  — Howard Garrett, Dallas News, 30 Mar. 2020
• Why are there aphids and white flies in the school greenhouses?
  — Sheryl Devore, Lake County News-Sun, 4 May 2018
• The wasp detects those chemicals, sniffing its way to the plant--and to the aphid.
  — Carl Zimmer, Discover Magazine, 23 Feb. 2012
• Dense colonies of aphids can be found along stems or on the undersides of leaves.
  — Tim Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 9 July 2023
• If the wasp lays an egg inside the aphid, the bacteria kill the wasp larvae.
  — Discover Magazine, 10 Feb. 2011
• In containers, the main pests to look for are thrips, mealybugs, and aphids.
  — Abigayle Ward, Hartford Courant, 20 July 2024
• The virus is transmitted by cotton aphids and can be passed in less than a minute.
  — William Thornton | [e-mail], al.com, 16 July 2019
• In the spring, the beetles will emerge from the bag and begin feeding on those pesky scaly insects and aphids.
  — Patricia S York, Southern Living, 6 Sep. 2023
• In the spring, the beetles will emerge from the bag and begin feeding on those pesky scaly insects and aphids.
  — Patricia S York, Southern Living, 2 July 2023
• Wasps have lost their appetite for aphids by this time of summer.
  — Margaret Lauterbach, idahostatesman, 6 July 2018
• This creates tender new growth that calls out to aphids!
  — Jeff Lowenfels | Alaska Gardening and Growing, Anchorage Daily News, 2 Mar. 2023
• Adult psyllids, about the size of aphids, are dark in color and can jump when disturbed on plants.
  — Betty Cahill, The Denver Post, 13 July 2024
• Two common ones are aphids and white flies, which are both visible to the eye, said Cronin.
  — Felicia Dechter, chicagotribune.com, 3 May 2018
• Weather changes in the spring cause mild temporary stress, and the aphids appear.
  — Howard Garrett, Dallas News, 30 Mar. 2020
• Those birds also eat aphids, so welcome them to the garden.
  — Nan Sterman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 June 2023
• Those birds also eat aphids, so welcome them to the garden.
  — Nan Sterman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 June 2024
• Frozen or canned spinach is allowed to have an average of 50 aphids, thrips and mites.
  — Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 29 Jan. 2024
• Oh, and that isn’t counting the unknown numbers of teensy mites, aphids and thrips.
  — Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 29 Jan. 2024
• Oh, and that isn't counting the unknown numbers of teensy mites, aphids, and thrips.
  — Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 4 Oct. 2019
• A quick blast of water with your hose also takes care of aphids, rose slugs and powdery mildew spores.
  — Rita Perwich, sandiegouniontribune.com, 1 June 2017
• As plants start putting out tender new growth, aphids start showing up.
  — Joan Morris, The Mercury News, 9 Mar. 2017

Last Updated: 19 Dec 2024