"Omelet" wrote in message
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In article g%Yok.826$ZV1.111@trnddc07, "Mike" wrote:

I want to begin a compost pile starting with some corn stocks but
noticed
they are spotted with live black aphids. Would the compost wind up being
contaminated with these critters or their eggs next season?

If they are black, forgive me, but I doubt those are aphids. ;-)
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They're definitely corn aphids:
http://ipm.uiuc.edu/bulletin/print.php?id=148