An overview of aphids and thrips
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Most aphids can be controlled with natural pyrethrum , spirits soap, suds, homemade rhubarb spray and nettle spray or rapeseed oil .
Black bean aphid on broad bean , photo Rasbak – CC BY-SA 3.0
Black bean aphid , photo: Rasbak – CC BY-SA 3.0
Scale insect , photo: Amada44 – CC BY-SA 3.0
Scale insect on the underside of a lemon tree leaf (bonsai), photo: Max de Vos
Nymph of thrips , photo: M.J. – CC BY-SA 2.0 de
Green apple aphids , photo: InfluentialPoints – CC BY-SA 3.0
Red spider mites , photo: David Cappaert – Michigan State University – CC BY-SA 4.0
Mealybug on a leaf, photo: Tegermee – CC BY-SA 3.0
Thrips , photo: xpda – CC BY-SA 4.0
Hydrangea scale , photo: Yolanda Bajmat
Aphid on rose , photo: PlantEnPlagen
Winged and wingless cabbage aphid , photo Rasbak – CC BY-SA 3.0
Holly aphid , photo: PlantEnPlagen
Colony of Catalpa aphid : photo: Beatriz Moisset – CC BY-SA 4.0
Colony of the Woolly beech aphid on the underside of the leaf, photo: Magnefi – CC BY-SA 3.0
Colony of Green apple aphid , photo: Frederik Ceyssens
Aphids , photo Rasbak – CC BY-SA 3.0
Aphids , photo: Thomas Bresson – CC BY 3.0
Aphid , photo: CC0 Public Domain
Holly aphids , photo: InfluentialPoints – CC BY 3.0
Adult thrips , photo: Donald Hobern – CC BY 2.0
Cabbage aphid , photo: Public Domain
Egg sacs of the hydrangea scale , photo: www.entocare.nl
Horse chestnut scale on maple , photo: Cwmhiraeth – CC BY-SA 4.0
Aphids , photo: PxHere CC0 Public Domain
Horse chestnut scale on trunk, photo: Donald Hobern – CC BY-SA 2.0
Black Cherry Aphids , photo: S. Rae – CC BY-SA 2.0
Aphid , photo: mszyce – CC0 Public Domain
Green peach aphid , photo Scott Bauer – CC Public Domain
Cypress aphid on a Thuja , photo: Carlos Delgado – CC BY-SA 3.0
Oleander scale (top view) and on the leaf, photo: CC Public Domain
Aphids , photo: Luc Viatour – CC BY-SA 3.0
Lettuce-root aphid , photo: Rasbak – CC BY-SA 3.0
Cabbage aphid on kale , photo: Rasbak – CC BY-SA 3.0