Aphids
Aphidoidea
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How to spot it
You will find that aphids are the most common sucking pests in your garden. They sit in dense colonies on soft shoot tips, suck plant sap and excrete sticky honeydew, on which black sooty mold settles.
Severely infested shoots become stunted, and aphids also transmit viruses.
Prevention
Encourage beneficials such as ladybirds and hoverflies with flowering border strips; they usually keep aphids in check.
You can spray small colonies simply with water or crush them.
Avoid overfertilising with nitrogen, because tender growth tissue especially attracts aphids.
Affected plants
These plants in our database are especially susceptible.
Adzuki bean
Vigna angularis
highly susceptibleBlack-eyed pea
Vigna unguiculata
highly susceptibleBullace
Prunus insititia
highly susceptibleFlowering currant
Ribes sanguineum
highly susceptibleJapanese ornamental cherry
Prunus serrulata
highly susceptibleMung bean
Vigna radiata
highly susceptibleRed Plum
Prunus cerasifera
highly susceptibleRed elderberry
Sambucus racemosa
highly susceptibleAsparagus pea
Lotus tetragonolobus
moderately susceptibleCommon broom
Cytisus scoparius
moderately susceptibleField maple
Acer campestre
moderately susceptibleGoat willow
Salix caprea
moderately susceptibleGrass pea
Lathyrus sativus
moderately susceptibleHyacinth bean
Lablab purpureus
moderately susceptibleNorway maple
Acer platanoides
moderately susceptiblePatience dock
Rumex patientia
moderately susceptibleSilver willow
Salix alba
moderately susceptibleSteppes cherry
Prunus fruticosa
moderately susceptibleSweet lupine
Lupinus albus
moderately susceptibleBloody dock
Rumex sanguineus
slightly susceptibleCommon laburnum
Laburnum anagyroides
slightly susceptibleDwarf Almond Tree
Prunus triloba
slightly susceptibleEvening primrose
Oenothera biennis
slightly susceptibleGood King Henry
Blitum bonus-henricus
slightly susceptibleHorse chestnut
Aesculus hippocastanum
slightly susceptibleWild rocket
Diplotaxis tenuifolia
slightly susceptibleApple
Malus domestica
Bush bean
Phaseolus vulgaris var. nanus
Head lettuce
Lactuca sativa
Sweet cherry
Prunus avium
Sweet pepper
Capsicum annuum
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