: any of numerous very small soft-bodied homopterous insects (superfamily Aphidoidea) that suck the juices of plants
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Before that, the Russian Empire’s ineffective tackling of grape phylloxera – an aphid-like pest which feeds on grapevine roots – caused great loss in Ukraine, as elsewhere in 19th-century Europe.
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Charlotte Reck, CNN Money, 17 Nov. 2025
Once that layer forms and sugars begin to accumulate in the leaf and then turn into anthocyanins, there’s little moving sap for those aphids to suck out of the leaf.
—Paul Cappiello, Louisville Courier Journal, 14 Nov. 2025
These hungry beetles belong to the Coccinellidae family and a single ladybug can eat 5,000 aphids in its lifetime.
—Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 13 Nov. 2025
Check for Pests Examine the vines, the undersides of the leaves, and any new growth for spider mites, aphids, and mealybugs.
—Leanne Potts, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Nov. 2025
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Charlotte Reck, CNN Money, 17 Nov. 2025
Once that layer forms and sugars begin to accumulate in the leaf and then turn into anthocyanins, there’s little moving sap for those aphids to suck out of the leaf.
—Paul Cappiello, Louisville Courier Journal, 14 Nov. 2025
These hungry beetles belong to the Coccinellidae family and a single ladybug can eat 5,000 aphids in its lifetime.
—Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 13 Nov. 2025
Check for Pests Examine the vines, the undersides of the leaves, and any new growth for spider mites, aphids, and mealybugs.
—Leanne Potts, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Nov. 2025
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“Aphid.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/aphid. Accessed 28 Nov. 2025.
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aphid
noun
ˈā-fəd 
also ˈaf-əd
: any of numerous small soft-bodied insects that suck the juices of plants
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