Little White Flying Bugs

Little white flying bugs that seem to like it under some of my bigger roses where the mulch is more wet. They are laying eggs on the stems closest to the ground but they fly EVERYWHERE. Are they a bad pest? I used to have a poinsettia near this spot and it was covered in these bugs so we had to rip it out. Are they poinsettia white fly? They are so tiny I can barely see what they are. I hope they are not breeding in the wet mulch. Please help!

Do they look like these....whiteflies

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Honestly they are that small I can't tell

It would be white fly I gt them as well Grrrr

Is there anything I can do? Do they do any harm to us or the garden or just annoying? They are gross

Yes i get them too , under the pumpkin leaves , they say they can sap a plants vigour , but the pumpkins seem to be doing okay , Neem oil could be the go Rosy !

good choice maree....neem oil.......also soapy water will help to get rid of them, the downside is that it doesn't kill all stages of the whitefly cycle

They are such a pest!!!!! I had to cut back some
of my most well growing roses to cut off their eggs. Disgusting things! Will soapy water kill the eggs?

not really.....sorry

I'm guessing nothing will? I have just been cutting back what I can where I can see the eggs. I can't see too many more so hoping most of them will bugger off lol

use the neem oil.....but you will need to put it on a few times

Can I get that at Bunnings?

Yes you can, Teesh ;-)

just beat me, bet

That would definitely be a first , Neptune

Thanks everyone

rosy , you may destroy a 1000 of them but you will get more , at work we sell netting traps , they can catch millions of them , but they are pests so there isnt much more you can do .

What are those Jordan?

i cant remember the name , i will grab it for you from work tomorrow

Look like White fly to me, we get them in the vegitable garden nearly every year. Also difficult to control so visit your hortocultural ssupply and ask for the top guy.

I got some Eco oil hopefully it works

from yates.....

The best product to use to control white fly is called Nature’s Way Insect & Mite Killer, Natasoap. This product will suffocate and dry out this pest on contact. Because white fly build up in such large numbers over a period of time, it is important to spray every 7 days to get the pest population under control. Spray on top and underneath the leaf. There is no withholding period with this product.

Is it poison?

not sure on that Rosy.....you might need to google that one..

The eco oil seems to be working so fingers crossed I got all the buggers!!!!!