An aphid is a tiny insect that lives on plants. It uses its mouth to take water and food from the plants. Many aphids can harm gardens and farms.
The aphid sucks juice from the green leaves.
Farmers watch aphids on their crops carefully.
Aphids are a group of insects that suck sap from plants. They sometimes spread viruses and damage many types of plants in farms and gardens.
Aphids can spread disease between plants.
Many aphids live in large groups on stems.
People sometimes call a person an aphid if they take help but do not help others back. It shows the person is like a small insect that harms plants by taking food.
He acts like an aphid, taking from the group.
Some say she is an aphid in our project team.
Some aphids change their living places in different seasons. They move from one plant to another or change forms. Scientists study these changes to understand how aphids survive.
Some aphids migrate in autumn to new host plants.
Biologists study aphids with seasonal changes closely.
Aphids are very important in farming because they damage crops. They eat plant juices and spread diseases, which can make plants weak or sick. Farmers try to stop aphids with chemicals or natural methods.
Farmers use pesticides to control aphids.
Aphids lower the quality of many fruits and vegetables.
Sometimes in stories or everyday talk, people use 'aphid' to say someone or something is very small and annoying, like the insect. It is not a formal meaning but often used for effect.
He called the noisy child an aphid.
The small aphid-like figure would not go away.
