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greenfly

[ UK /ɡɹˈiːnfla‍ɪ/ ]
NOUN
  1. greenish aphid; pest on garden and crop plants

How To Use greenfly In A Sentence

  • Sponge the woolly bits with neat washing-up liquid, suggests a reader who says her father used to deal with greenfly on his roses in this way.
  • Greenfly can literally suck a plant dry.
  • Greenfly can literally suck a plant dry.
  • Shrub roses underplanted with catmint or lavender will seldom suffer from greenfly infestations.
  • Fortunately ladybirds love to eat greenfly and they can help the gardener to control them without having to use chemical sprays which can also kill helpful insects.
  • Also, our garden seems to be the home for all the blackfly and greenfly in England, so the plants often get overwhelmed. Plants are Flowering: 2008 Garden Update #5
  • I'm afraid I've never heard of blackfly or greenfly, but I do know that spraying soapy water on the plants is a good way to discourage pests. Plants are Flowering: 2008 Garden Update #5
  • Hmm, nodded the others in agreement, as if they were on Gardeners Question Time and someone had just made a valid point about greenfly. What's Going On
  • This elegant insect is a formidable greenfly guzzler and its larvae are particularly good at exterminating these ubiquitous pests.
  • The greenfly, another live-bearer, has evolved a way of overcoming even this limitation.
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