(1) Wipe greenfly off plants with your fingers or spray plants with soft soap or a pesticide containing pirimicarb.

(2) For safe and effective control of greenfly a range of products can be used.

(3) Fortunately ladybirds love to eat greenfly and they can help the gardener to control them without having to use chemical sprays which can also kill helpful insects.

(4) Natural enemies of greenflies are ladybird larvae, hoverfly larvae, gall-fly larvae, lacewings and earwigs.

(5) Ladybirds are well known predators of greenflies and other aphids.