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Re: Aphids




> From: Jonathan Peakall <jpeakall at mcn_org>
 
> Safer soap works quite well on aphids, and is certainly less nasty than
> pyrethins. What affect it would have on an aquarium, I don't know. BTW,
> didja know that the lowly aphid is the highest (most complex) organism
> capable of asexual reproduction?

Depends on what you mean by asexual. Many higher animals do have haploid
reproduction. *Rivulus marmoratus* comes to mind.

Soaps and most other surfactants are a real downer for any aquarium, BTW.

Wright

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