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  • Oh Come On Not Again
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    I'm not sure they're not emerging from the compost around a miniature rose.
    Maybe that's how it reproduces.

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  • EternalOptimist
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    They are not black flies. They are flies of colour

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  • SueEllen
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    Originally posted by zeitghost
    Little sods are everywhere.

    I'm not sure they're not emerging from the compost around a miniature rose.
    They could be.

    I've had some plants that were infected with small black flies.

    Then when I checked it was the compost they were potted in.

    You are going to need to throw the oranges out and put the miniature rose outside for a bit.

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  • OwlHoot
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    Originally posted by CloudWalker View Post
    They are Thrips (thunderflies) and always seem to get behind my screen! ...
    Sounds like it, and as their name suggests they're a sure sign of a thunderstorm on the way.

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  • LisaContractorUmbrella
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    Could well be the oranges - if they're fruit flies they will aim for your ears and nostrils and find said orifices with unerring accuracy - irritating little swines

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  • CloudWalker
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    They are Thrips (thunderflies) and always seem to get behind my screen!

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  • LisaContractorUmbrella
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    Are you sitting near to something that's gone off?? If so they're probably fruit flies. If not you are probably hallucinating

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  • zeitghost
    started a topic Tiny black flies

    Tiny black flies

    I'm surrounded by tiny black flies.

    They're so small I'm beginning to wonder if they're real.

    Or rather, I would wonder if I hadn't been successful in killing a shedload of them.

    I wonder what they are.

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