I don't know what those tiny black flies are either, but they came to me from a buddy's grow room and now they're all over. I tossed in ladybugs, flypaper, spiders -- everything but a cat on fire -- and I can't get totally rid of them. Even sterilizing the room between crops didn't completely eradicate them. The good news is that they make the spiders and ladybugs happy, and they don't really seem to bother the plants until they get stuck in the resins and go "pop" when I smoke them. I'll try the pepper mix, maybe. Anyone know what that does to the taste of the smoke?