Hmmm i have a new bunch of bugs in my garden i
discovered today. Lately its been quite rainy here
actually its been quite rainy all spring. But the
past 2 days have been mostly sun and warmer in the
upper 70's. Ive seen a leaf cutter bees and a few
butterflies so i know that bugs are hatching. But
today when i was out watering my trees i came to my
japanese juniper. And as the mist from the noxel hit
its foilage a small swarm of tiny light colored bugs
flew off. They are not white fly, they are not fungus
gnats or aphids they are about the size of whitefly
but seem more transparent and move much faster. They
kept swarming around in the air almost like they were
trying to crash into each other in the air it was a
very bizzare behavior. Anyway i ran a search on the
web and came up with midges. Ive never encountered
them but i don't think they are good..... They are
tiny not the size of mosquito's. But regardless im
kinda clueless as to what they are but im nervous
since there were tons of them on that japanese juniper
maybe 30 or 40 flew off of it. They left alone my
golden coast juniper and san hose juniper in fact the
only plant they were on was my japanese juniper. I
just yesterday thinned out the foilage and cleared
away any interior deadwood but i doubt that has
anything to do with there emergence. I would rather
not use a bugspray on any of my trees is there a
biological control that would work to get rid of them
if they are bad? Any way i think im rambling so if
anyone knows what these things are please let me know.

Thanks
Ben

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