"KellyD" wrote in message
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There seem to be tiny little black bugs covering one of my cosmos, and
it is slowly withering away. I have one plant in one trough and then
another cosmos plant in a different trough which seems to be fine.
I've noticed today that these little pests are starting to gather on
some of the other plants near the affected cosmos.

Could anyone help with ideas on how to get rid of them/what they are?
I do have a couple of photos, but didn't want to attach them here as I
tried for a close up and they're fairly large, nearly 1MB.

Thanks in advance for any advice!


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KellyD

What part of the plant are they on? Mine are covered with pollen beetle at
the moment but as the name suggest, only in the centre of the flowers.
They're harmless though. Also, the bugs might not be the culprit. There
could be something else wrong.

You can't post pictures directly here anyway but you can post them to one of
the binary newsgroups or one of the photo sites and give us a link.
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