Fleas- I think...(around the onions)

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Posted by mmqchdygg Z5NH (My Page) on

Mon, Jun 2, 14 at 14:53

So I was weeding my onions and other stuff this weekend, and the other stuff (lettuce, spinach, carrots) didn't have these- what looked like fleas- around the area, only around the onions.
I haven't seen fleas in YEARS, but these were almost too small to be fleas. The shape was all wrong, and they were tiny black jumping "specks," not the brownish, oval on-your-dog fleas that I'm familiar with. Maybe the size of a tip of a pin or needle.
I've never actually seen aphids (I don't think)...are these aphids, or fleas, or something else?
I should have taken a pic, but didn't think of it- sorry!

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Posted by slowjane Los Angeles USDA 10- (My Page) on
Mon, Jun 2, 14 at 16:00

can you squish one? sounds like it could be spider mites - mine don't usually jump that much but as for size and shape....if they squish easily they aren't fleas....

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Posted by naturegirl_2007 5B SW Michigan (My Page) on
Mon, Jun 2, 14 at 22:37

Flea beetles, maybe? They love my young eggplants, haven't noticed them by onions, though.

Here is a link that might be useful: flea beetles

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