aphid

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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

While he is not an aphid expert — there are very few — Lohman said the swarms are unusual, given that aphids don’t usually come out in New York City until after summer.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 30, 2023

If they grow too numerous—as happened with the aphid experiments—they deposit eggs all over the place.

From Science Magazine • Jul. 19, 2022

However, the common aphid can easily be evicted with a vigorous jet of water and a little hand smushing.

From Salon • Apr. 6, 2022

All these hemlocks, and all the hemlocks everywhere along the trail and far beyond, are being killed by an aphid introduced accidentally from Asia in 1924.

From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson