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What are these critters?!

emma688emma688 Posts: 22
in Problem solving
Found these on a plant in the garden. I’m used to seeing white, green and black fly but what are these! Are they good or bad? They seem to be all over the tips of the shoots. There are also very small, what look like immature equivalents - these are white and look like walking specks of fluff.

Any help will be gratefully accepted! 

Thank you.


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  • K67K67 Posts: 2,506
    No idea but bound to be bad as there are so many!
  • BobTheGardenerBobTheGardener Posts: 11,385
    Those are indeed aphids (greenfly, blackfly etc.) and have taken on the colour of the plant they are feeding on, hence them being pink.  Treat as you would for greenfly.
    The tiny white specks are their old outer body shell - aphids moult 4 times as they grow so you find those white fluffy specks wherever aphids are active.
    A trowel in the hand is worth a thousand lost under a bush.
  • emma688emma688 Posts: 22
    Cool! Thanks for the help and advice. I’ll treat as per green fly! 
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