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Is anyone having a problem with these little bloody blighters? Mad Me and my daughter were out in the garden today (and yesterday) and we have been plastered in the little buggars! There are 1000s of them all around, and they are EVERYwhere! I live in the West mids, not far from Wolverhampton. Anyone else in this area (or nearby) had the same problem? Or anyone not in this area for that matter...

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Originally posted by Sink the Pink:
I assume you have had heavy rain this week like most places and then this humid hot weather for the last 2 days there is the reason

The eggs hatch at an incredible rate if the weather is drastically changed, expect more of it sorry to say
I guess you could have a point STP, but I have just never known this many greenfly before, and I wondered if anyone else was suffering from them, more than in previous summers? We certainly are.
CheekyPixie
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Originally posted by Cheeky-Pixie:
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Originally posted by Sink the Pink:
I assume you have had heavy rain this week like most places and then this humid hot weather for the last 2 days there is the reason

The eggs hatch at an incredible rate if the weather is drastically changed, expect more of it sorry to say
I guess you could have a point STP, but I have just never known this many greenfly before, and I wondered if anyone else was suffering from them, more than in previous summers? We certainly are.


We have had a crazy amount since Thursday and i am not in the midlands, most of my plants are covered in them

Flying ants are next Frowner
sinkthepink
Thanks Cosmo, Sink, Pigeon and Koala. I appreciate your replies. Not just here where I am then. So the south are having them too huh? Bloody things. There are definately more than usual. Frowner It's put me off going into the garden this past few days.

Helen, thanks hun, but there's just too many; they are all in the air: 1000s and 1000s of them Frowner
CheekyPixie
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Originally posted by Cheeky-Pixie:
Is anyone having a problem with these little bloody blighters? Mad Me and my daughter were out in the garden today (and yesterday) and we have been plastered in the little buggars! There are 1000s of them all around, and they are EVERYwhere! I live in the West mids, not far from Wolverhampton. Anyone else in this area (or nearby) had the same problem? Or anyone not in this area for that matter...


We have them here in the North East. I hung some washing out and they were all over the light stuff. Mad
BBaddict
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Originally posted by Suzi-Q:
You could do a google search to find an organic way to get rid of them. Ladybirds and spiders will eat them, or maybe that's aphids??

I think fairy liquid - a drop in a gallon of water and sprayed on the plants is supposed to kill them.
Thanks Suzi. problem is though: as i said to helen, they are all in the air Frowner and there are so many that they're very hard to get at
CheekyPixie
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Originally posted by BBaddict:
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Originally posted by Cheeky-Pixie:
Is anyone having a problem with these little bloody blighters? Mad Me and my daughter were out in the garden today (and yesterday) and we have been plastered in the little buggars! There are 1000s of them all around, and they are EVERYwhere! I live in the West mids, not far from Wolverhampton. Anyone else in this area (or nearby) had the same problem? Or anyone not in this area for that matter...


We have them here in the North East. I hung some washing out and they were all over the light stuff. Mad
Thanks BBaddict. North South AND mids so far, so looks like a national problem. Frowner
CheekyPixie
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Originally posted by Garage Joe:
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Originally posted by Hotpants Helen:
Spraying them with a solution of washing up liquid and water is supposed to get rid of them.


I was going to mention this but realised that they were complaining about being covered with them rather than the plants. Cool
Me too Joe, that's why I only mentioned the ladybirds.
Extremely Fluffy Fluffy Thing
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Originally posted by Cheeky-Pixie:
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Originally posted by Suzi-Q:
You could do a google search to find an organic way to get rid of them. Ladybirds and spiders will eat them, or maybe that's aphids??

I think fairy liquid - a drop in a gallon of water and sprayed on the plants is supposed to kill them.
Thanks Suzi. problem is though: as i said to helen, they are all in the air Frowner and there are so many that they're very hard to get at



Are you sure that they're greenfly?
What you're describing (and I've got this problem too) is midgies.
Swirling in a group, are they?
Cosmopolitan
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Originally posted by ~Cosmopolitan~:
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Originally posted by Cheeky-Pixie:
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Originally posted by Suzi-Q:
You could do a google search to find an organic way to get rid of them. Ladybirds and spiders will eat them, or maybe that's aphids??

I think fairy liquid - a drop in a gallon of water and sprayed on the plants is supposed to kill them.
Thanks Suzi. problem is though: as i said to helen, they are all in the air Frowner and there are so many that they're very hard to get at



Are you sure that they're greenfly?
What you're describing (and I've got this problem too) is midgies.
Swirling in a group, are they?
No they're definately greenfly Smiler
CheekyPixie
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Originally posted by Extremely Fluffy Fluffy Thing:
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Originally posted by Garage Joe:
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Originally posted by Hotpants Helen:
Spraying them with a solution of washing up liquid and water is supposed to get rid of them.


I was going to mention this but realised that they were complaining about being covered with them rather than the plants. Cool
Me too Joe, that's why I only mentioned the ladybirds.


Did you know that one can buy Ladybird nests?
I can't imagine how they would work.
Garage Joe
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Originally posted by Sink the Pink:
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they are all in the air and there are so many that they're very hard to get at



Are you taking midges or gnats now, greenfly wont be flying around everywhere, they will be sapping your plants dry.

Do you have water near you as in a garden pond close by
No, we don't have any water near, and they aren't gnats. Definately greenfly. Judging by this thread; others are suffering too.
CheekyPixie
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Originally posted by Garage Joe:
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Originally posted by Extremely Fluffy Fluffy Thing:
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Originally posted by Garage Joe:
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Originally posted by Hotpants Helen:
Spraying them with a solution of washing up liquid and water is supposed to get rid of them.


I was going to mention this but realised that they were complaining about being covered with them rather than the plants. Cool
Me too Joe, that's why I only mentioned the ladybirds.


Did you know that one can buy Ladybird nests?
I can't imagine how they would work.
Yes, I don't know quite how they work either. I haven't seen much mention of them anywhere and didn't know if anyone would know what I was talking about if I'd mentioned them. Big Grin
Extremely Fluffy Fluffy Thing

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