I also have more than usual especially on my Rosa Golden Celebration. Also getting a tiny black insect much smaller than an aphid in the last couple of days. Never had these before and can’t see much info about them on Mr Google.
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I've had really bad infestations of green and blackfly on the roses this last month. I've only seen one ladybird but it's a new garden so I guess the balance isn't there yet. There's been a few on other things as well like clematis, dogwood and cowslips.
Quite a lot, we always get a fair few but think this year might be worse so far with dry and not very cold winter. I have been squashing them. On rosebuds gently running fingers over them squashes quite a lot. The Blue and Great tits have been taking some. Not many Ladybirds here yet either.
They are more difficult to squash off small leaves where they make them curl where I have not noticed them quickly enough, like some on my clematis.
@Bright star they might be what is commonly called flea beetles? I noticed a couple the other day.
Here on the south east coast my garden is inundated. On pretty much everything. Not a ladybird in sight. The tips of my fruit trees all have tightly curled leaves wirh hundreds of aphids living inside. I've no idea what I can do. Roses covered too!
Very interesting, l posted on another thread regarding the lack of slugs, but the aphids are another matter. I thought it was just me being more alert than usual, but l have also noticed far more. The lack of ladybirds is worrying. l don't seem to get that many anyway, but as l recall, l have only seen one so far this year.
The ladybirds have only just started to appear in my garden in small numbers and most of them are black ones with red spots, nearly all my plants are covered in green/ red or whitefly and I’m really in two minds about using a chemical spray. I can cope with a few plants being covered in aphids but not most of them.
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I have been squashing them. On rosebuds gently running fingers over them squashes quite a lot. The Blue and Great tits have been taking some. Not many Ladybirds here yet either.
They are more difficult to squash off small leaves where they make them curl where I have not noticed them quickly enough, like some on my clematis.
@Bright star they might be what is commonly called flea beetles? I noticed a couple the other day.