Sap-sucking garden pest (5)

I believe the answer is:

aphid

(Other definitions for aphid that I've seen before include "Small plant-sucking insect" , "Garden bug" , "Insect feeding on plant juices" , "Blackfly or greenfly" , "insect pest" .)

I've seen this clue in the Universal.

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