Banana peels do keep aphids away as aphids hate the smell of banana peels and bananas.
You can also use tea tree oil in a spray bottle do repel and deter aphids away from plants and other areas.
Vinegar does attract aphids as well as fruit flies.
You can use vinegar as an attractant to attract aphids and fruit flies to a trap by mixing a quart of water, 12 ounces of vinegar and a tablespoon of dish soap to create a mixture and trap that will get rid of the aphids and fruit flies.
The smells that aphids hate is cilantro, dill, fennel, catnip, leeks, chives and garlic.
Planting these kinds of plants or using these smells can help to repel aphids and keep aphids away.
Aphids can get into your house through small gaps and holes and through infested plants, being attached to clothing, or even through an open window.
The aphids are also known as plant lice and are one of the most common pets of indoor plants.
Aphids can live on clothes which is also a common way aphids can get into your house after they attach to your clothing when being outside around aphids.
Aphids suddenly appear as a result of the spring drought and gardening routines or other plants growing.
Aphids will suddenly appear as they are attracted to young, tender and fast growing plants and plant parts that are rich in nitrogen and they are also attracted to plants that are stressed.
And aphids become more of a problem when things get out of whack, which can happen when drought, poor soil conditions, or overcrowding stress plants.
Aphids can get into your house through small gaps and holes and through infested plants, being attached to clothing, or even through an open window.
The aphids are also known as plant lice and are one of the most common pets of indoor plants.
Aphids are not harmful to humans although they are seen as pests by most people.
Aphids are even edible and some people say they have a sweet or bitter taste.
If you happened to eat an aphid by accident it will not harm you or your animal.
Although aphids may sometimes bite humans which can cause red swelling of the bitten area that should go away within a few hours or less.
The bite from an aphid may leave a very itchy rash which can persist for 2 to 3 days.
Aphids are small sap-sucking insects and members of the superfamily Aphidoidea.
Common names for aphids include greenfly and blackfly, although individuals within a species of aphids can vary widely in color.
The group of aphids includes the fluffy white woolly aphids.
Insecticides and soaps can kill aphids and make them go away.
If insecticides are needed to get rid of the aphids, insecticidal soaps and oils are the best choices for most situations.
Oils that can get rid of aphids include petroleum-based horticultural oils or plant-derived oils such as neem or canola oil.
These products kill the aphids primarily by smothering the aphid, so thorough coverage of infested foliage is required.
A natural way to get rid of aphids in your garden is to make a soap solution.
Mix a few drops of pure castile soap with water in a spray bottle and shake well.
Spray the solution onto your plants, focusing on the areas where aphids are present.
The soap will suffocate the aphids and cause them to die off.