greenfly on lettuce

[greg77]

i have a line of lettuce starting to grow nicely and was real pleased but i noticed this morning some tiny green bugs on back of leaves which i think are greenfly,just guessing but they are green.how should i treat them and i dont mean should i be polite its only a dozen lettuce but afraid of them spreading.

[Winky]

I find finger and thumb work best ;-)

[Two_Sheds]

Yes, squish them with fingers before they spread too much (they're born pregnant you know).
When you cut your lettuce, give it a soak in salty water to get rid of bodies before you eat it.
As a prevention: grow some Limnanthes or similar to attract aphid-eaters like hoverflies and ladybirds.

[JO,JO]

i grow a climbing rose just for that purpose.the green fly swamp it and leave evrything else alone x