aphides
- plural of aphis.
Example Sentences
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Some species of ants watch over a distinct order of insects, the aphides, which exude a sweet fluid, using them exactly as we do cows for obtaining supplies of milk.
From The Relations of Science and Religion The Morse Lecture, 1880 by Calderwood, Henry
It was not that the aphides had completed their growth and died or fled.
From Eye Spy Afield with Nature Among Flowers and Animate Things by Gibson, W. Hamilton (William Hamilton)
Wherever there are green perching-places, and small caterpillars, flies and aphides to feed upon, there you will see and hear the willow wren.
From Birds and Man by Hudson, W. H. (William Henry)
Its food at this time consists of aphides, caterpillars, and other small insects which infest roses and fruit-trees; it rarely captures flies on the wing or descends to feed on the ground.
From British Birds in their Haunts by Johns, Rev. C. A.
And when he destroys the smaller fry, the slugs and grubs and aphides multiply and devour his lettuces and roses.
From Feminism and Sex-Extinction by Kenealy, Arabella
