aphid
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And one of the most abundant milkweed-visiting aphids, the nonnative oleander aphid, is host-specific, meaning it doesn’t eat other plants.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 8, 2023
"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
As the two zoologists were pondering snails, across campus, David Blaauw’s engineering lab had created the world’s smallest computer that has a battery: a 2-by-5-by-2 millimeter sensor slightly bigger than an aphid.
From New York Times • Jul. 13, 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
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