Tiny Black Bugs

[Char]

Hi all,

I have grown a sweet pepper plant from seed and have been keeping it inside on the kitchen windowsill.

It is just flowering and I can see the tiny green peppers in the middle of the flowers.

However, there are some very tiny black bugs on some of the leaves. They seem to be eating the leaves and there is some cobwebby type stuff on one of the stalks.

Does anyone have any idea what they are and how I can get rid of them?

Thanks

Charlotte

[Lesley Jay]

The tiny black bugs are probably flea beetles which are about 2mm in size. They don't like getting wet so keep giving the plant a spray with water at lunchtime when they are most active. The cob webs must be red spider mite and I can't see them enjoying the lunchtime showers!