: any of numerous very small soft-bodied homopterous insects (superfamily Aphidoidea) that suck the juices of plants
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Gardening apps can drain a phone battery lightning-fast, like aphids overrunning your tomatoes.
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Jamie Siebrase, Denver Post, 8 May 2026
These vibrant flowers give off a pungent odor that is known to repel everyone from aphids to deer.
—Heather Bien, Southern Living, 4 May 2026
Garlic and Shallots Garlic and shallots also emit strong, sulfurous odors effective against a wider range of insect pests including aphids, mites, caterpillars, armyworms, moths, beetles, and whiteflies.
—Barbara Gillette, The Spruce, 3 May 2026
Eliminate ants to control aphids, mealy bugs and scale.
—Nan Sterman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 May 2026
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Jamie Siebrase, Denver Post, 8 May 2026
These vibrant flowers give off a pungent odor that is known to repel everyone from aphids to deer.
—Heather Bien, Southern Living, 4 May 2026
Garlic and Shallots Garlic and shallots also emit strong, sulfurous odors effective against a wider range of insect pests including aphids, mites, caterpillars, armyworms, moths, beetles, and whiteflies.
—Barbara Gillette, The Spruce, 3 May 2026
Eliminate ants to control aphids, mealy bugs and scale.
—Nan Sterman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 May 2026
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“Aphid.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/aphid. Accessed 10 May. 2026.
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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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