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They are currently used by sugar beet farmers to protect their crops from virus yellows, a disease spread by aphids.

From BBC

Downtown's Pershing Square supports mourning doves, Vaux's swifts, gopher snakes and exotic streaktails, a type of fly that feeds on aphids.

Acephate and malathion belong to a class of chemicals called organophosphates, which U.S. farmers have used for decades because they efficiently kill aphids, fire ants and other pests.

From Salon

Mosquitoes, aphids and flies, however, must settle for dripping.

Tanglefoot, a sticky, gooey substance, can be applied near the base of a tree to stop ants from reaching the aphids.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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