Thse little black bugs
 

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.
L

Thse little black bugs
 

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.

Regards,

Stuart Forbes
Edinburgh, Scotland

Thse little black bugs
 

"Stuart Forbes" wrote in message
...
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?

Ophelia

Thse little black bugs
 

In article , Ophelia
writes

"Stuart Forbes" wrote in message
...
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
--
Kay Easton

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

Thse little black bugs
 

Are you growing it outside up here Stuart?

Yes, and if you want to see what they look like in the wild, go to:

http://anorthosite.tripod.com/cp.html

and look at the bottom four photos, I took them in the Scottish Highlands,
where these things grow like weeds in some places. Ignore the other photos,
unless you want rid of flies and wasps by the hundreds!

Regards,

Stuart Forbes
Edinburgh, Scotland

Thse little black bugs
 

"Kay Easton" wrote in message


We do have a native butterwort which grows happily in Scotland

Is it possible to buy these Kay?

O

Thse little black bugs
 

The best places in the UK to get these would be either:

http://www.littleshopofhorrors.co.uk/

or

http://www.hampshire-carnivorous-plants.co.uk/

both of who sell Pinguicula Grandiflora, a butterwort that's native to the
UK and fully hardy here as well.

Regards,

Stuart Forbes
Edinburgh, Scotland

Thse little black bugs
 

"Stuart Forbes" wrote in message
...

Are you growing it outside up here Stuart?

Yes, and if you want to see what they look like in the wild, go to:

http://anorthosite.tripod.com/cp.html

and look at the bottom four photos, I took them in the Scottish Highlands,
where these things grow like weeds in some places. Ignore the other
photos,
unless you want rid of flies and wasps by the hundreds!


Thanks Stuart:) I will have a look next time I am 'up north' :)

Thse little black bugs
 

"Stuart Forbes" wrote in message
...
The best places in the UK to get these would be either:

http://www.littleshopofhorrors.co.uk/

or

http://www.hampshire-carnivorous-plants.co.uk/

both of who sell Pinguicula Grandiflora, a butterwort that's native to the
UK and fully hardy here as well.

Thank you Stuart:)

Thse little black bugs
 

and look at the bottom four photos, I took them in the Scottish
Highlands,
where these things grow like weeds in some places. Ignore the other
photos,
unless you want rid of flies and wasps by the hundreds!


Thanks Stuart:) I will have a look next time I am 'up north' :)

Watch our for sundews as well, specifically drosera rotundiflolia and
drosera intermedia. They're our other type of native carnivorous plant, and
you'll find them all over the Scottish Highlands as well. They mostly grow
in peat bogs, especially very damp and soggy ones, often growing in sphagnam
moss. Butterworts prefer drier (although still very damp) conditions, and
you'll see them all over the Highlands, growing in road side cuttings, so
get out at the little parking bays in the highlands and stretch your legs
and see what you can see!

The sundews are particularly nasty little killers, slowly digesting their
prey alive, but they do kill a lot of clegs (that's a large bloodsucking
insect that's the pitt bull terrier of the mosquito family!) so we all like
them up here! There's some photos of them he

http://www-cp.stech.co.jp/cp/dro/D-rotundifolia_e.html

http://www-cp.stech.co.jp/cp/dro/D-intermedia_e.html

If anyone has outdoor bog gardens, these may be worth thinking of, as they
thrive in this country.

Regards,

Stuart Forbes
Edinburgh, Scotland

Thse little black bugs
 

"Stuart Forbes" wrote in message
...
and look at the bottom four photos, I took them in the Scottish
Highlands,
where these things grow like weeds in some places. Ignore the other
photos,
unless you want rid of flies and wasps by the hundreds!


Thanks Stuart:) I will have a look next time I am 'up north' :)

Watch our for sundews as well, specifically drosera rotundiflolia and
drosera intermedia. They're our other type of native carnivorous plant,
and
you'll find them all over the Scottish Highlands as well. They mostly grow
in peat bogs, especially very damp and soggy ones, often growing in
sphagnam
moss. Butterworts prefer drier (although still very damp) conditions, and
you'll see them all over the Highlands, growing in road side cuttings, so
get out at the little parking bays in the highlands and stretch your legs
and see what you can see!

The sundews are particularly nasty little killers, slowly digesting their
prey alive, but they do kill a lot of clegs (that's a large bloodsucking
insect that's the pitt bull terrier of the mosquito family!) so we all
like
them up here! There's some photos of them he

http://www-cp.stech.co.jp/cp/dro/D-rotundifolia_e.html

http://www-cp.stech.co.jp/cp/dro/D-intermedia_e.html

If anyone has outdoor bog gardens, these may be worth thinking of, as they
thrive in this country.


That is excellent thanks Stuart:)) Tucked away in my file;))

O

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In article , Ophelia
writes

"Kay Easton" wrote in message


We do have a native butterwort which grows happily in Scotland

Is it possible to buy these Kay?

If you went to a specialist grower, perhaps. Try ?Marston exotics
somewhere near hereford. And look at the Chiltern catalogue

The natives are Pinguicula vulgaris, P grandiflora and P lusitanica. All
have flowers rather like long-stemmed violets - attractive plants in
their own right.
--
Kay Easton

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

Thse little black bugs
 

"Kay Easton" wrote in message
...
In article , Ophelia
writes

"Kay Easton" wrote in message


We do have a native butterwort which grows happily in Scotland

Is it possible to buy these Kay?

If you went to a specialist grower, perhaps. Try ?Marston exotics
somewhere near hereford. And look at the Chiltern catalogue

The natives are Pinguicula vulgaris, P grandiflora and P lusitanica. All
have flowers rather like long-stemmed violets - attractive plants in
their own right.

Thank you Kay:) I just got the Chiltern catalogue so will have a look

O