During the tobacco hardening period bed of tobacco seedling was the falling target of alate aphids and was the main resource of tobacco virus spread by aphids.
As a gall matures, a small pore opens, enabling fertile aphids to emerge and disperse-and predators to enter.
Any of several small insects of the genus Phylloxera that are related to aphids, especially P. vitifoliae, a widely distributed species very destructive to grape crops.
Another interesting thing I learned is that when the baby ladybugs hatch, they eat 30 aphids (a kind of insect) per day.
To keep aphids off of plants add four cups water, four teaspoons of dishwashing liquid and four teaspoons vodka in a large spray bottle.
During the summer, I noticed tat the leaves of the tree were beginning to wither. Clusters of tiny insects called aphids were to be found on the underside of the leaves.
