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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Oz
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Hi folks.
I have noticed for some years now that when I try to tap pollen out of flowers in my outside garden I am more likely to get some tiny crawling insects on my pinky than pollen. I have googled with no response. Has anyone seen this or know what the little buggers might be. I am wondering if they are why I get so few fruit set on my plants in the garden. I don't notice many of them at all in the greenhouse. Thanks Mantis |
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Butte, MT
Posts: 811
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any chance you can post a pic ? (sometimes tiny bug pics come out ok in macro setting)
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Oz
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My camera is not good enough to capture these little fellas. They are about 1mm long.
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Butte, MT
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Do they look like this? they are teeny tiny? these guys don't fly at this stage in their life (not that I know of)
http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/EDISImagePa...%2016&credits= or do your little buggies fly? jump? crawl? what color are they? they could be a form of mite, flea beetle etc. Please, I hope no one thinks I like bugs, but I do have a 4 year old who watches some show called Ms Spiders Sunnypatch (something or other) and the theme there is be good to bugs. So I have been forced to do things either behind his back, or look at them closely (ICK) I may not know what damage they do or can cause, but I have spent quite a bit of time looking at them in detail. Also, I am not certain if we even have the same bugs as you guys over there ![]() |
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Oz
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No, not like them. These are little black things that run very quickly over your finger. The next time I find a flower with them in, I will disect the flower to see if they are doing damage.
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: NY
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You can also take O.K. closeup picture by putting a magnifying glass in front of your camera's lens. dcarch
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Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Upstate NY, zone 4b/5a
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Mantis, check out thrips which would be my first guess b/c they're known to get into blossoms, and then gnats as well.
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Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: New South Wales, Australia
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I also think they are thrips - they often give me a nip when I'm gathering pollen and they land on my hand. They also give my plants spotted wilt virus, grrrrrrrrr
![]() The best thing I've used are sticky yellow traps - I bought them online a couple years ago but can't remember the name and no longer have the link ![]() PP
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Oz
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Thrips they may be , thanks. I gave my outside plants in one area a good dose of derris dust. Getting lots of fruit set on them now.
PP, I have been getting those dried up anther cones as well. Bloody frustrating, and a shame I have to use chemicals to combat it. Got some Grubs Mystery Greens and Gary O'Senas going now thow. Chemical power eh. Wheres Organic Nut, I feel like some biff oh |
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