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Ok i have 2 hibiscus plants in my room and recently i have noticed white tiny fly EVERYWHERE. Ahhhh they are driving me nuts. My russian eats this plant and the are starting to eat it. What can i do? I have fly paper but it doesn't work. HELP i can't even type this without being attacked by them. DIE bugs die.

Which are very common on Hibiscus. They can easily be controlled on a couple of plants by simply spraying with the hose. They are always worse (as are spidermites) when the plant is not getting natural downpours from rain. This washes off the larval stage of the insect as well as the sticky secretions they leave behind.
If you cannot control them by spraying with plain water (you might need to do this a few times)then IVORY liquid dish soap is your next step.
Mix at a rate of one teaspoon to a gallon of water. While you cannot feed the plant to the tortoise until this has been THUROUGHLY WASHED OFF it is not a chemical insecticide or systemic. The soapy water works by suffocating the insects. This method is very effective on a number of plant pests.

well i washed the smaller one off with water which brought them in origionaly. Grr i wish i never bought it. Anyhow it seem alot better now. The big plant has fly tape on it and boy are there alot of them. Don't see any now hopefuly it will stay that way.

a nice blast of fine spray. This will help elimate the larvae that are not flying.