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1. Head Burro says

   Flea beetles, maybe?

   http://www.attra.org/attra-pub/fleabeetle.html

   July 27, 2006, 7:42 am
2. Head Burro says

   Although the BBC Dial A Death thingy (http://www.bbc.co.uk/gardening/advice/pests_and_diseases/) says it may be Peach Potato Aphid (I was on limited info for my check so this may be wrong).

   Dr Burro.
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   July 27, 2006, 12:24 pm
3. Greenmantle says

   Hi Mildew,

   They are almost certainly cabbage white fly (Flea beetles are black and won’t attack mature plants)

   The technical name is “Aleyrodes proletella” and they are specic strain of whitefly, different to the greenhouse variety, and only live outdoors on brassicas.

   These 2 sites give advice on controlling them…..

   http://www.rhs.org.uk/advice/profiles1100/cabbage_whitefly.asp

   http://www.eap.mcgill.ca/CPCM_7.htm

   Best

   GM

   July 30, 2006, 6:14 am
4. Mildew says

   Thank you! Yeah, having checked out all your links (that Beeb pest identifier is brillo and I shall be using that a great number of times methinks and once again I have a reminder of how good the RHS site is) it’s deffo whitefly. Oh joy, oh joy! I’m also away for the week so my brassicas are going to have to fend for themselves for a bit. Bah.

   July 31, 2006, 8:06 am