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White aphids swarming

BuffalogalBuffalogal Posts: 25
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        Woke up to hundreds of white aphids on the inside of all my open windows, anyone know why?
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  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    Whereabouts do you live ... are you in a rural area where farmers are harvesting?

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • BuffalogalBuffalogal Posts: 25
    Not particularly no. There’s a bit of hay making but not atm due to the wet weather but really we live on the edge of the moors. 
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    That sounds lovely ... we're near to marshes :)

    If they've not been displaced from a crop being harvested, maybe there's been a recent hatching of something and your windows are strangely attractive to them ... 

    Is it possible for a photo of some of them ... clear enough for @wild edges or someone to attempt an ID?

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • BuffalogalBuffalogal Posts: 25
    I’ve vacuumed them all up 🙄there were so many. Thank you for your time though it’s much appreciated. 🙏🏼
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    Whatever they are you dont want them on the inside of your open windows this weather ... you might want to shut them Brrr!

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • bédébédé Posts: 3,095
    Are you sure they are aphids?
     location: Surrey Hills, England, ex-woodland acidic sand.
    "Have nothing in your garden that you don't know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful."
  • BuffalogalBuffalogal Posts: 25
    Found a couple that since come in. 
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  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    I’ll tag @wild edges … his eyes are younger than mine … and he knows more about insects 😃 

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • wild edgeswild edges Posts: 10,497
    This is beyond even my best squinting. :#
    If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
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