aphid

Example Sentences

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The supposed discovery of an aphid in the motel bed sends these two lonely people into a paranoid frenzy that Friedkin transforms into an alternate reality.

From New York Times • Aug. 7, 2023

It’s usually just some insect — often an aphid, midge or wasp — setting up housekeeping or building a nursery to raise their young.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 2, 2022

"Lady beetles are part of a healthy outdoor ecosystem that helps to manage aphid populations in certain settings," says Cory Tanner, Horticulture Program Team Director at Clemson University.

From Salon • Feb. 7, 2022

Viswanath Birje has been announced as the winner of the Royal Society of Biology's photography competition, for his image of ants feeding off honeydew excreted by a yellow aphid.

From BBC • Oct. 7, 2021

She bent and flicked away a green aphid that had perched on her dress before she walked away.

From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie