Are greenfly and aphids the same thing? I think they are. What I have on my pepper plant now are lots of tiny little green things that look like aphids. I have read that you can use soapy water as a method of getting rid of them. I washed my pepper plant yesterday with a weak solution but today there seem to be just as many if not more on the plant. How soapy should I make the solution? I'm using the Ecover dishwashing liquid but don't want to make it too strong incase I kill the plant along with the aphids. Also how does the soapy water work, does it kill the aphids or simply wash them off. I started squishing them this morning but have given up, there are just so many of them.
And to top it all, when I was busy squishing I discovered an earwig hanging onto one of the stems. :'(