TOTALLY Off-topic. Greenfly.

Topics

CheekyPixie

Is anyone having a problem with these little bloody blighters?

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...

Replies sorted oldest to newest

carotinoMember

I'll go off at a tangent.

Green Onions

6/14/099:33 AM

Garage JoeMember

We were remarking about it yesterday. No greenfly on our roses. So I suppose thanks are in order to the good people of the West Midlands for taking them all.

6/14/099:33 AM

CheekyPixieMember

Oh Hi Joe. So were there folk from the West mids saying they had had lots of the pesky buggars? But not really any other area?

6/14/099:35 AM

sinkthepinkMember

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

6/14/099:42 AM

CheekyPixieMember

quote:
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.

6/14/099:43 AM

Garage JoeMember

quote:
Originally posted by Cheeky-Pixie:
Oh Hi Joe. So were there folk from the West mids saying they had had lots of the pesky buggars? But not really any other area?

I can only speak for my own gardens. They are unable to speak for themselves.

6/14/099:44 AM

CosmopolitanMember 10 years

I'm down South and we've had a huge problem too.
They infested early this year and I've been regularly zapping them with a bug gun.

They're under control now.

6/14/099:45 AM

pigeonpieMember

There's millions of them, I've sat outside an they were in me hair yuk!

Not to mention me strawberries & lettuce I'm growing.

6/14/099:45 AM

sinkthepinkMember

quote:
Originally posted by Cheeky-Pixie:
quote:
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

6/14/099:45 AM

Koala BrotherMember

got them too - every bloody where. West mids too

6/14/099:45 AM

Hotpants HelenMember

Spraying them with a solution of washing up liquid and water is supposed to get rid of them.

6/14/099:47 AM

CheekyPixieMember

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.

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

6/14/099:48 AM

Extremely Fluffy Fluffy ThingMember VIP10 yearsModerator

No noticeable greenfly here.
You want to get yourself some ladybird friendly plants. Ladybirds just LOVE greenfly.

6/14/099:48 AM

BBaddictMember

quote:
Originally posted by Cheeky-Pixie:
Is anyone having a problem with these little bloody blighters? 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.

6/14/099:48 AM

pigeonpieMember

quote:
Originally posted by Hotpants Helen:
Spraying them with a solution of washing up liquid and water is supposed to get rid of them.

Cheers will try that!

6/14/099:48 AM

Former Member

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.

6/14/099:49 AM

CheekyPixieMember

quote:
Originally posted by Extremely Fluffy Fluffy Thing:
No noticeable greenfly here.
You want to get yourself some ladybird friendly plants. Ladybirds just LOVE greenfly.

Where are you EFFT??

6/14/099:49 AM

Garage JoeMember

quote:
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.

6/14/099:50 AM

CheekyPixieMember

quote:
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

and there are so many that they're very hard to get at

6/14/099:51 AM

Extremely Fluffy Fluffy ThingMember VIP10 yearsModerator

quote:
Originally posted by Cheeky-Pixie:
quote:
Originally posted by Extremely Fluffy Fluffy Thing:
No noticeable greenfly here.
You want to get yourself some ladybird friendly plants. Ladybirds just LOVE greenfly.
Where are you EFFT??

Lanarkshire, Scotland.

6/14/099:51 AM

CheekyPixieMember

quote:
Originally posted by BBaddict:
quote:
Originally posted by Cheeky-Pixie:
Is anyone having a problem with these little bloody blighters? 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.

Thanks BBaddict. North South AND mids so far, so looks like a national problem.

6/14/099:52 AM

CheekyPixieMember

quote:
Originally posted by Extremely Fluffy Fluffy Thing:Lanarkshire, Scotland.

Cool, thanks

6/14/099:52 AM

Extremely Fluffy Fluffy ThingMember VIP10 yearsModerator

quote:
Originally posted by Garage Joe:
quote:
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.

Me too Joe, that's why I only mentioned the ladybirds.

6/14/099:53 AM

CosmopolitanMember 10 years

quote:
Originally posted by Cheeky-Pixie:
quote:
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 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?

6/14/099:53 AM

sinkthepinkMember

quote:
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

6/14/099:54 AM

CheekyPixieMember

quote:
Originally posted by ~Cosmopolitan~:
quote:
Originally posted by Cheeky-Pixie:
quote:
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 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

6/14/099:54 AM

Garage JoeMember

quote:
Originally posted by Extremely Fluffy Fluffy Thing:
quote:
Originally posted by Garage Joe:
quote:
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.
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.

6/14/099:55 AM

CheekyPixieMember

quote:
Originally posted by Sink the Pink:
quote:
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.

6/14/099:55 AM

CosmopolitanMember 10 years

quote:
Originally posted by Sink the Pink:

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

That's what's swarming under my oak tree.

6/14/099:56 AM

CheekyPixieMember

Thanks folks. Good to know it's not just me LOL. Have to go now... must put tea on. Byeee

6/14/099:58 AM

j0anneMember

spry spray spray kill the turds

6/14/0910:00 AM

Extremely Fluffy Fluffy ThingMember VIP10 yearsModerator

quote:
Originally posted by Garage Joe:
quote:
Originally posted by Extremely Fluffy Fluffy Thing:
quote:
Originally posted by Garage Joe:
quote:
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.
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.

6/14/0910:01 AM

sinkthepinkMember

quote:
Originally posted by j0anne:
spry spray spray kill the turds

Turdfly

6/14/0910:04 AM

Garage JoeMember

quote:
Originally posted by Sink the Pink:
quote:
Originally posted by j0anne:
spry spray spray kill the turds

Turdfly

You may be thinking of Turdfish, a character on a popleer Australian Soap programme.

6/14/0910:22 AM

Koala BrotherMember

gonna have to get the mozzie coils out this evening if I want to sit outside & enjoy the last of the weekend. Little bastard things

6/14/0911:48 AM

ScottyMember 10 years

quote:
Originally posted by carotino:
I'll go off at a tangent.

Green Onions

That was the name of a band I was in.

6/14/0912:02 PM

Ad-Free	Search Site	Start Dialogs
Upload Photos	Upload Videos	Upload Audio
Upload Documents	Use Signature	Block Members
View Member Directory	Mark All Topics As Read	Edit Posts Anytime
Post To Walls

Skip to main content

Topics

Add Reply

Membership Required

Remove From Your Block List

Manage Follow Preferences

Block

Premium Membership Required

VIP

Please wait...