In a very dry season we generally need not search at all. All we need do is to examine the nearest weed to find plenty of aphides.
Yes, they are the little plant lice that seem at times to cover every growing thing.
Sometimes they are green, sometimes brown, or gray, or reddish, in color.
They are tiny creatures, but what they lack in size they more than make up in numbers.
Go now, and find some aphides.
Ah, here you all come, each bearing a leaf or a twig on which are aphids.
There was no trouble in finding them!
They do not hop like the jumping plant lice when they are disturbed. They remain where they are unless they are very much shaken up.
See, most of them are without wings, though here are a few with beautiful transparent wings.