Whew....I'm glad someone else said 'glue'. That's exactly what I was thinking. Why go ruin a perfectly pretty garden by putting flour on it? Delicious cookies would be a better use. I had a few aphids the other day. They seem to be confined to only a couple of roses & while they elicited a couple of curse words from me, I assure you they were gone within seconds of discovery. A blast of water, or a good smooshing between the fingers.

Imidacloprid, the most common applied nicotinoid, is effective against many insects and even fleas on pets. It can be added to irrigation water, though it is somewhat less toxic to mammals and birds than other insecticides like carbamates or organophosphates. Neonicotinoids are used on about 95 percent of corn and canola crops in the US, the majority of cotton, sorghum, and sugar beets and about half of all soybeans. Also, they have been used on the vast majority of fruit and vegetables, including apples, cherries, peaches, oranges, berries, leafy greens, tomatoes, and potatoes, as well as cereal grains, rice, nuts, and wine grapes. Imidacloprid is possibly the most widely used insecticide worldwide. In addition to outright toxicity, sub-lethal doses of neonicotinoids may interfere with the bees’ ability to forage, learn and remember navigation routes to food and back to the hive, which in itself is a death sentence.

ants milk aphids.... for the honeydew ... they do not cause the aphids.. nor do they spread the aphids .. get rid of the aphids ... and the ants will mind their own business ..... there is little point in trying to control ants... and i am NOT talking about the down south man eating ants ... lol .. now.. if they come in my house.. its all out warfare ... or undermining the cracks in my asphalt .... ken

Lol Lucy I hope it works... This old timer knows her stuff so I bet it does work..I am willing to place money on it..:)