Edith Calvert wrote: > > Perhaps somebody can tell me what the little buggers are that are crawling > around on my pepper plant leaves. > They look like black 1/32 or even smaller elongated dots[HUH?]. > I've tried the old water,soap,pepper powder combo. Back the next day. > I've got a hab, 2 japs,a hungarian hot ,and tabasco goin on my porch. > Flowering, and a couple of peppers showing on the japs,hungarians . But > those damn bugs are starting to bother me. So what now??? > BTW: thanks for the idea of the egg cartons. Monday will start some seeds > from Japan. > JBC...if they start, will send u some. > Thanks in advance, folks. > Ed Calvert ( un Canajon errant ) Those are Black Flies!! and they are difficult to get rid of, you have picked them up from a plant that you aquired, mon ami, and tabernac, you will have a hard time getting rid of them...keep on with the soap! Doug Irvine on Beautiful Vancouver Island