Salty Thumb wrote:
I'm assuming you need special 'cow' aphids

I have been assured by other experience ant keepers that your local
variety aphids will do the job! :-)


do a search on Sevin dust. Now this may kill your ants and fishies, but if you believe the posts, the
aphids will party like it's 1999.

I am sorry, but I don't quite follow you here Salty (or maybe the joke
is on me!) How would I attract aphids by applying an insecticide to the
biotope? I don't follow the logic there. Also, I suspect that Sevin
dust will kill off all of the ants since its an *insect* killer (though
I couldn't verify that ants are one of the 60 insects that it supposedly
kills).

Just grow a rose outside and dust it Sevin periodicly.

I was thinking about roses already. Any common strains (e.g. available
at HomeDepot) that are particularly susceptible to an aphid infestation?

P.S. If you get cancer or some such from the Sevin, don't blame me.

LMAO!!! I am not sure if that "disclaimer" is bulletproof (i.e. some
well-paid lawyers could probably poke a couple of gaping holes in
it)...but point well taken ;-]

Thanks again!
Sam in Los Angeles