Definition of "aphides" []

• Plural of aphis. (noun)

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• "Marigold Tagetes – this flower loves the sun and the summer and we used to plant it in the vegetable garden to keep away aphides and other bugs."
• "Mealy-bugs also occasionally make a hurried visit to camellias when making their growth, as well as aphides."
• "Ants, especially, are very fond of this fluid, so that a line of aphides, extending from the base to the summit of a leaf, may frequently be observed slowly advancing toward the orifice of the cup, down which they disappear, never to return."