little black bugs!

lutink

Hi all....i have a major major bug problem!
There are little black bugs on EVERYTHING, my nastursiums were so infested they died,:mad: and my gigantic sunflowers are now covered in them, a few of the other plants have them on, what are they and what on earth shall i do? i tried bug spray on one plant and it didnt make much difference!

TonyMMM

Blackfly ?

I use a hose on a strong jet and blast them off ....

lutink

on everything? will the plants be ok?
there really is so many!
but hey, i'll give anything a go!

renegade

I had this problem once, I sprayed everything with water with added Fairy liquid, it soon cleared them off!

SallyForth_2

I've just found loads of little black beetles inside a couple of courgette flowers, they are not blackfly, as they are beetle like, I have never seen so many. Not sure if they are going to harm the plants or not, any ideas?

joedenise

I've got them on my courgette flowers as well but doesn't seem to be doing any damage and courgettes are still forming OK.

antonia1

Is there orange stripes on any of them?

lutink

no stripes, all black and yes they do all look like mini beetles, i dont even know if they can fly! you can see the amount of them from a distance theres so many!

Farway

I think they will be pollen beetles

http://www.bayercropscience.co.uk/content.output/1543/1551/Crop%20Centre/Overcoming%20Threats/Pollen%20Beetle.mspx

Personally I do not worry about them, I know they "may" damage crop, but never found this to be the case in domestic settings

Starrystarrynight

I seem to have lots of little black bugs (I'm guessing they are blackfly, as I've seen them in flight) in the garden just now Any cheap way to get rid of them without damaging my flowers? I'd heard the fairy liquid tip before, but am a bit worried it will kill my lovely flowers.

Waterlily24

We've got loads of tiny black insects in our Sweet Peas, they look a bit like beetles and they can fly, they are probably about an 8th of an inch long. Horrible things.