I tried to discover why aphids when I washed them off of my plants inside or outside I continued to get a worse infestation quite quickly, so I used a piece of scotch tape and picked some aphids of my plant where they were firmly stuck , I put them where I could keep an eye on them over a black background and with a magnifier was astounded to see they lived for up to 3 or 4 days, and worse than that several of the more mature ones spit out more aphids , shocked I was so I no longer blast them of , I prefer just to remove them physically if i can and squish them eliminating the possibility of recreation , I would sure like to know if any one else has discovered this, try it your self, you may be very surprised at the results.
I tried to discover why aphids when I washed them off of my plants inside or outside I continued to get a worse infestation quite quickly, so I used a piece of scotch tape and picked some aphids of my plant where they were firmly stuck , I put them where I could keep an eye on them over a black background and with a magnifier was astounded to see they lived for up to 3 or 4 days, and worse than that several of the more mature ones spit out more aphids , shocked I was so I no longer blast them of , I prefer just to remove them physically if i can and squish them eliminating the possibility of recreation , I would sure like to know if any one else has discovered this, try it your self, you may be very surprised at the results.