[Kghareeb]

Hi Kghareeb.  Your orchard sounds like a little piece of paradise with all those trees, but as you talk about growing pomegranates, I assume you are outside the UK?

It maybe the insects you have found are not ones we see here, so that is why we are struggling to identify them for you    Crinkled leaves on trees over here are often because aphids attack the young growth and deform it, but aphids are slow moving fat squidgy things and not flea like, although the pictures you have posted do look like the greenfly aphids we get here.

New Shoot, Thanks for your reply. I think I have been slightly misleading in saying the word "Flea", I was trying to describe the size rather than the movement and type. you are absolutely right the insects are slow, squidgy and the size of a pin head, the leaves dont have too many insects inside, at most 2 or 3 per leaf.
I believe the problem is pest related and I may have to spray the trees, the only reluctance I have is that the trees have very small fruit with soft pits. I have attached a better photo of the Culprit and another photo to show stage of the fruits.
Thanks Again.

[Yorkie]

They look like aphids / greenfly to me.

But you're not in the UK and therefore you may have other types of pests which we're not familiar with.

[Kghareeb]

They look like aphids / greenfly to me.

But you're not in the UK and therefore you may have other types of pests which we're not familiar with.

Thanks Yorkie, I have come to believe that the problem is a pest. Now, I may need to spray the trees to get rid of the problem, can I spray insecticide with the tree having very small fruit? and if yes, can you recommend few types that I can safely use?

[Snoop]

I know from personal experience, as I live in Spain, that products available in the UK can't always be found where I am. The same is very likely to affect you too. The other thing is that agricultural products that are legally permitted in one country are not necessarily in another. Having identified the problem, perhaps it would be useful to check to see what other people in your area use.

I know how important trees are and hope you find a solution.

Best of luck.

[Yorkie]

I agree that you probably need to look to see what's available locally.

Look for the active ingredient, and you could check that out with the uk pesticides database to see for any information about it, or the safety data sheet for the product, to see whether it is safe for use on edible plants and/or whether there's a period you need to wait before harvesting.

http://www.pesticides.gov.uk/guidance/industries/pesticides/topics/databases

[Goosegirl]

Spraying with something like soft soap may help but, as the insects are in the rolled-up leaves, it probably won't get to them to wash them out so I think you will have to go with Yorkie's idea.

[Kghareeb]

Thanks everybody, I will check local gardening supply and ask about a good pesticide. In the meantime I red somewhere that ladybirds are a good answer to aphids, I wonder if I have the kids collect many ladybirds, perhaps 100"s or more, does anybody believe this could solve the problem? After all I only have one or two trees that are effected so far.

[Yorkie]

You're certainly right that ladybirds love greenfly larvae in the UK

[Kghareeb]

You're certainly right that ladybirds love greenfly larvae in the UK

Thanks Yorkie, do you think ladybirds here have a diffrent diet? I'm sure they eat the same food. It won't make things worst, right? Plus the added bonus of keeping the kids entertained.

[Yorkie]

Can't hurt