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What's enjoying my calabrese ?!

powderworkspowderworks Posts: 51
in Problem solving
What are these the eggs and young from please?
They are on a calabrese leaf. My brassicas are protected by 7mm netting.
An earlier post highlighted the possibility of flea beetle, for which I have now hung containers with grease on.
Thanks for any help.

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  • fidgetbonesfidgetbones Posts: 17,618
    I think they are woolly aphids.
  • powderworkspowderworks Posts: 51
    @fidgetbones
    RHS doesn't seem to support this. I'm now leaning towards Mealy Cabbage Aphids. 🙄
  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    Wooly cabbage aphids,  can you just squash them,  pick them off,  if not too many,  catch the eggs first. 
    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • powderworkspowderworks Posts: 51
    Thanks @Lyn
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