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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd"> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" /> <title>Dirt Du Jour: {title}</title> </head> <body link="#4fa18b" text="#495234" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0; line-height: 20px;"> <table width="600" border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tr> <td><a href="http://www.dirtdujour.com/"><img src="http://www.dirtdujour.com/images/email_hdr.jpg" alt="Dirt Du Jour" width="600" height="114" border="0" /></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td><table style="padding-bottom: 40px;" width="600" border="0" align="left" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tr> <td rowspan="4" valign="top"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td colspan="2"><a href="http://www.dirtdujour.com/"><img src="http://www.dirtdujour.com/images/hdr_daily_dirt.jpg" alt="Daily Dirt" width="219" height="51" border="0" /></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-top: 3px;"> thought you might like this little ditty from Dirt du jour February 12, 2009 <a href="http://www.dirtdujour.com/item/wondering_about_aphids/" style="color: #4fa18b;">Wondering about the weird world of aphids</a> Where do aphids live when they are not devouring the new red growth on our roses? Apparently they overwinter as eggs. But not just any eggs. What happens is female eggs hatch into ‘big mommas”. The big mommas give birth to live young, both male and female, but without having to mate with a male. Whaa laa - you have instant aphids. Then later in the season some of the females will mate with males and ultimately lay pregnant eggs again at the end of the season. But only pregnant female eggs. Who give birth to live young next year. And on it goes. Is that weird or what? Weird yes, but what to do about aphids? Two schools - you can spray them with soapy water and they will die, or you can wash them off with the hose rubbing them with your fingers. 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