What are black flies? Do they affect flowers?

1. What is Xiaoheifei

The scientific name of the small black fly is sharp-eyed fungus gnat, and it likes to move in humid environments. Although they will not bite people, they will affect hygiene and destroy the living environment. Once it breaks out, it will seriously affect your mood. If you have flowers and plants at home, be careful not to place leftover fruit peels, kitchen waste, tea dregs and other unfermented organic matter next to the plants, otherwise it will easily attract small black flies.

2. Does it affect flowers?

The small black flies have almost no impact on flowers and plants, but just seeing them can affect your mood. However, its larvae feed on the roots of plants, especially succulents, and also on tender leaves, causing great damage to the plants. Once the plant is affected, yellow leaves will appear, rot will occur, and even the plant will die. Therefore, once discovered, it must be treated as soon as possible and must not be allowed to continue breeding.

3. How to prevent and control small black flies

If you want to prevent and control black flies, you should pay attention to environmental management. Garbage should be cleaned up regularly, especially kitchen waste and some fruit peels. When preventing and controlling them, you can put insect traps in places where black flies often move. They have strong stickiness and will get stuck when they fly over. You can also light mosquito coils, the substances emitted by the mosquito coils will kill it. In addition, if the number is large, it is recommended to spray insecticide, which will have a better effect.