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Mini black beetle invasion

happycottontailhappycottontail Posts: 394
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Has anyone else been invaded by these tiny black bugs which have moved into my garden with a vengeance. They are particularly fond of my peonies, roses, sweet peas and cosmos, and I don’t feel like cutting these flowers anymore because the little creatures drop out everywhere. They then play dead, but they aren’t.  What are they, and is there anything organic that I could use to chase them away? 😒

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  • madpenguinmadpenguin Posts: 2,523
    I think they may be Pollen Beetles.They are the good guys!
    “Every day is ordinary, until it isn't.” - Bernard Cornwell-Death of Kings
  • Ladybird4Ladybird4 Posts: 36,831
    This topic has already been discussed today happycottontail. You probably missed it because you didn't realise that these are pollen beetles. Check out the POLLEN BEETLE thread posted earlier.
    Cacoethes: An irresistible urge to do something inadvisable
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 86,036
    Ladybird4 said:
    This topic has already been discussed today happycottontail. You probably missed it because you didn't realise that these are pollen beetles. Check out the POLLEN BEETLE thread posted earlier.
    and this one https://forum.gardenersworld.com/discussion/1015468/pests-or-not#latest 

    A vivid memory from my childhood in the countryside is of pollen beetles on everything ... particularly on anything yellow.

    Perfectly harmless little beetles ... food for the birds and pollinators of our plants ... as Madpenguin said ...  they're Good Guys!  :smiley:

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





  • happycottontailhappycottontail Posts: 394
    Thank you one and all. If they are good guys I shall leave them be. 🙂
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 86,036
     :) 

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





  • Ladybird4Ladybird4 Posts: 36,831
    You are most welcome happycottontail.
    Cacoethes: An irresistible urge to do something inadvisable
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