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Old 24-06-2003, 12:56 PM
Kay Easton
 
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Default Thse little black bugs

In article , Ophelia
writes

"Stuart Forbes" wrote in message
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There are loads around.
Tiny beetle like bugs that love massing in flowers and swarm anything
yellow.
They are aphid fly size.
Does anyone know what they are, if they're goodies or baddies (suspect
baddies) and the best way to control them?
Thanx in advance.


A carnivorous plant called a butterwort might be the thing for them. It's
effectively a living piece of yellow/green flypaper, rather good for

dealing
with whitefly as well.


Are you growing it outside up here Stuart?

We do have a native butterwort which grows happily in Scotland
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Kay Easton

Edward's earthworm page:
http://www.scarboro.demon.co.uk/edward/index.htm