The brownish ones are all different ages of aphids, the white things are aphid sheds. I recently bought a Sherry Baby that was infested. A single application of an organic insecticidal soap did the trick. I thoroughly drenched the flowers since that’s where the aphids were on mine as well. I did rinse the plant after an hour since the soap is kind of smelly indoors. I didn’t notice any flower damage.
Outside the ladybugs, syrphid flies, spiders, and predatory mites do a pretty good job. None seem to be able to keep up with aphid proliferations on spikes and flowers when they get going so I do use the soap there as well.
Last edited by aliceinwl; 01-27-2020 at 01:27 AM..
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