June 29, 2007, Newsletter Issue #167: Aphids(Greenfly) How to Identify

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Aphids can be pink, black or brown as well as the more well known green.They damage the plant by sucking the sap causing the plant to become weakened. Aphids are also well known
virus carriers and attract ants which farm them for the honeydew they excrete.
Greenfies tend to attack young shoots, leaves and flowerbuds, often congregating on the undersides of the leaves.
Greenfly multiply rapidly and the shoot tips become distorted, the entire plant quickly becomes disfigured by dead greenflies and their sticky excreta.

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