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help I have got a kind of beetle in the flowers of my sweet peas, I was hoping to enter them in a local show next week till this happened. Has anybody got any idea how to get rid of them without distroying the flowers. Thanks Tracie. [/i]

Good morning Tracie, i think the beetles you are talking about are blossom bettle.
I'm sure i can remember an old friend who used to show a lot of flowers, saying if you cut and bunch your flowers, then stand them in a dark room with just a chink of light showing through a door or window, the beetles will leave the flowers.
The old boy is no longer alive, so i can't check on this for you.
If you do try this can you let us know if it works.

Kind regards Old Herbaceous.

Theres no fool like an old fool.

thanks for your help. I will try it during the week and see what happens