Little black bugs

[Longtalljosie]

Little beetley things have appeared on our lemon tree and blackberry flowers... have uploaded a picture to my profile.

We are rubbish at newcomers to gardening. Does anyone know what they are and what to do about them?

Oooh, I want to know too, they are all over my pumpkin flower.

bump?

They are on my courgette flowers. At the moment they don't seem to be doing any damage.

They are storm beetles - totally harmless and will go away when the weather changes, honestly. They are attracted to the colour yellow first, that's why they are on the courgette and pumpkin flowers. If you have a yellow cloth/bucket etc and put that out they will congregate on that and not your plants. They aren't a pest.

Thanks BCBG. Glad I don't have to worry about them.
Now just got to work out what to do with the squillions of blackfly that are all over my runner beans....

Ooo, you've just solved the mystery of what's on my sweet peas, thank you !

yep, same here with sunflowers.

BCBG - good name

Thanks Jareth , @ linspins...for blackfly on broad beans I used a soapy spray from garden shop and it worked really well...

BCBG anything to do with this?