A fully grown ladybug can eat nearly 500 aphids a day.

一只长大的瓢每天能吃掉五百只。

Right now, the aphids have the upper hand.

现在 他眼里只有瓢。

Meanwhile, among aphids, losses are not a problem.

然而对于来说损失根本不是问题。

When you do see pests like aphids, wash them away.

当你看到诸之类的害时，把它们洗掉。

You want to wash aphids off with a strong current of water.

你想用一股强水流把冲走。

But some aphids, katydids, lizards, geckos, and snakes only ever reproduce via parthenogenesis.

而有些、蝈蝈、蜥蜴、壁虎、蛇等只行孤雌生殖。

Female aphids can make little, tiny clones of themselves without ever mating.

雌不用交配就能复制很小很小的自己。

Ants keep predatory insects away from where their aphids feed; Gmail keeps the spammers out of our inboxes.

蚂蚁赶走食之处的捕食性昆；谷歌邮箱也帮助我们在收件前远离那些垃圾邮件制造者。

By cloning themselves with 'virgin births' and reproducing sexually, aphids maximise their chances of survival.

通过" 单性生殖" 的无性繁殖以及有性繁殖，使它们的生存机会最大化。

But how do you deal with the aphids on tomato plants?

但是何处理番茄植株上的呢？

Imagine you're an aphid, a tiny insect that sucks plant sap for a living.

想象你是一只——一种以吸食植物汁液为生的小昆。

You can't be too young if you're an aphid, some of them are born pregnant.

果你是，再早繁衍都不算早，它们有些刚出生就已经怀孕了。

Herding aphids is pretty much the same.

放牧基本也是一样。

See if you can hear the strategy American aphids use to reproduce.

看看你能不能听懂美国繁殖的策略。

Insects in the Hemiptera order have piercing-sucking mouthparts and include bed bugs, cicadas, aphids, and leafhoppers.

半翅类的昆就具有这样刺吸式的口器，其中包括臭、蝉、、叶蝉。

In the spring, female aphids lay eggs which hatch - break open allowing the young to come out.

在春天，雌性会产卵，卵会孵化 —— 破壳让幼出来。

The young aphids that hatch are all female.

孵化出来的幼都是雌性。

Well, Clem says they might be pursuing the aphids they eat southward...or maybe they're following the blooms of nectar-rich flowers.

Clem 说它们可能在追随在南方吃的，或者追赶富有花蜜丰富的植物的花期。

This amazing reproduction process allows aphids to reproduce without wasting any time looking for a partner.

这种奇妙的繁殖过程让能不用寻找配偶这样就不会浪费任何时间。

Gardeners around the world will be upset to hear that - those young aphids just love eating tomato plants!

全世界的园艺者们听到这个会很郁闷的 —— 那些小喜欢吃番茄植物。