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Posted by donna30 on July 17, 2008, 3:23 pm
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'Chris[_14_ Wrote:
> ;804476']On Jul 17, 3:24 am, donna30 donna30.2f4a...@gardenbanter.co.uk
> wrote:-
> Hi, i`m new here and i`m sorry if i have posted this in the wrong
> section but here goes....
> I have bought two venus fly trap plants last week, they are in a
> small
> plastic pot with holes in the bottom. I have them stood on plates and
> i
> have noticed that when i move the pots there is some sort of little
> (i
> mean tiny) bugs running around. It seems worse when i have just
> watered
> them but they are there all of the time.
> Is this normal? What are the little creatures? my immediate thought
> was to bin the plants but i don`t really want to.
> Thanks for any advice/help given
>
> --
> donna30-
>
> Any chance of a more complete description? Are they red, for instance?
>
> Try putting out a piece of white paper (outside!) and banging the
> plant onto it. The critters should drop off, and a decent magnifying
> glass should give you an opportunity to get a good look at them. When
> you say "tiny" I immediately thought 'red spider mite', which is a
> very common plant parasite.
>
> http://tinyurl.com/64ssyf
>
> Chris
>
> Chris
Thanks for the replies,
The things are black, i think, they are very hard to see ( about 1mm in
length and less in width) they look like a tiny fly running around, I
dont have a magnifying glass to get a better look. I will try to get
hold of one though.
--
donna30
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