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WelshBoa
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I have what look like tiny black insects on the flowers of my hanging baskets. Think they are either of the above - I have not treated them with any pesticide......do you think I could knock some into a pot and feed to FBT's as a variety or is it not worth taking the risk?
Hundreds of them there!!
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Peter Parrot
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I feed aphids to my dart frogs. I have even gone so far as to deliberately "Infect" potted plants with aphids, and keep them in indoor propogators so as to have a year round supply. 
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WelshBoa
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Your the one with the genetically modified hanging baskets in Swansea are you??
They wont attack young toads etc then I take it?
Would they live in plastic tubs with some greenery then I presume?
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They are solely plant eaters. 
I keep my "infested" plants in Propogators with a strip light on top and the plants grow well complete with attached aphids.
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| Posted: Thu Sep 14, 2006 3:32 pm Post subject: |
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| Quote: | | They wont attack young toads etc then I take it? |
As Peter said they are a fine food item, most of my juveniles and small species have aphids in their diets during the summer months, one year when my fruitflies crashed I raised a whole batch of B.variegata on mixed aphids alone. My favourite is the Water-lily Aphid (Rhopalosiphum nymphaeae) shame they are so difficult to culture. I've tried culturing Aphis fabae in the past but it was more hassle than it was worth.
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WelshBoa
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Cheers guys for the advice - much appreciated
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No problem.
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