Aphides (afidez)

pl. [NL., pl. of Aphis, q. v.] Same as Aphidida. Aphidida aphidian (a-fid'i-an), n. and a. [ II. a. Pertaining to the genus Aphis or to e family Aphidida. their extreme prolificne or voracity), very From a pair honey-tubes, near end the abdomen, they emit a saccharine fluid, known as honey Apple-tree Plant-louse ( Aphis mali). (Cro and small figure show natural sizes. dew and aphis-sugar, which is greedily devoured by ants. They are very destructive to tender plants, upon which they congregate in enormous numbers. 2. [ l. c.] A plant-louse. [In this sense the phididade. One of the Aphidide; an plural aphides (af'i-dez) is used.] - Woolly aphis, IMG:content-0940.png:[blocks in formation] The Fenesica larva actually feeds upon the aphidids. Science, VII. 394.