AAH! Gross jumping bugs!

[totaln00b]

Cant take a pic because they are too small! This is my first grow and I got some seedlings and I just saw that one of them has a bunch of weird looking tiny bugs jumping all over it! Gonna take it out of the area immediately what is going on? What shoudl I do??

 

[totaln00b]

Here's a pic in case anybody can tell me what's going on just by looking at it.

 

[totaln00b]

Ok so based on what I'm reading, I think I have spider mites

Here is a close up hi res pic of my best one's leaves. This is not the one that I discovered the jumping bugs on. Can anyone tell me if it looks like there is spider mites on this one? The internode and petiole length looks small to me as well but I thought it was in the normal range. There is a picture where you can see this as well.

 

[totaln00b]

The bugs are crawling in the soil on the nice one too....

Can someone please help me out here. They are about the size of a dot that a pencil would make, greenish, cralwing and jumping near the soil... I really think it's spider mites just seeking confirmation.

What do I do?!

 

[scegy]

greenish or yellowish? it could be thrips, because spider mites form brown and black dots with spidernet-like between the leaves and over the leaves

look under the leaves, if you see some white, saliva-like stains with black spots, those are thrips's young ones
larva crawl over the leaves and on the soil, look carefully for a few minutes

else, check the pests FAQ again

 

[totaln00b]

I've read the pests FAQ a lot... I still don't know... like my name says I'm a noob... that's why I need help.

 

[scegy]

well to answear you, i can see no mites whatsoever, if you wanna be sure apply Neem oil as it doesn't hurt the plants, as long as it doesn't effect the plants you could also try to water them as less as you can, let them dry, that should kill the soil bugs if it's some sort of larva, because they can't survive dry conditions

short internodes are a common thing at indicas like urs, specially with a good light coverage

 

[Core]

give 'springtails' a go with the search..

 

[DIGITALHIPPY]

hope you figure it out, that plant looks like its off to a perfect start

 

[Pimp Aurora]

if it is spring tails they are common when you over water..

 

[totaln00b]

Got some Neem oil gonna spray them soon. Hopefully that'll clear it up.

 

[Guest]

You won't see spider mites "jumping" that's for sure. Maybe crawling so slow your eye can hardly detect it but definitely not jumping.

Thrips jump and even fly, the adults anyways.

I agree that it is some other type of bug in your soil. I've seen them myself. Springtails makes sense.

 

[VanGrow]

Id say fungus gnats..........immatures are called "white lice"
im battiling them now in a few of my flowering plants.......the soil and the plants after treating with gnatrol 2x are seemingly 99% gnat free.....saw one flying....the plants however now have major root issues and took up alot of nutes as soon as i added the first dose of larvacide.... dont belive that gnats wont screw up your grow....they have kind of toasted 2 or 3 plants i had high hopes for...get rid of them...if theres one....theres gonna be more....
Heres some info.....

*****Adult fungus gnats are tiny black flies which spend time running around on the surfaces and sucking sap from the leaves. After the adults lay their eggs on the soil (medium), the young worm-like larvae hatch out and begin to feed upon the roots. The larvae initially eat the fine root hairs before moving on to burrow throughout the larger roots and even up into the stems. After feasting on the roots the larvae will pupate before hatching out as adults and repeating the life cycle by laying their eggs. The larvae resemble little worms. They have clear or white bodies with black heads.

Life cycle: Adults live about 7 to 10 days and deposit eggs on the moist soil surface or in soil cracks. Females lay up to 100 to 300 eggs in batches of 2 to 30 each in decaying organic matter. Eggs hatch in 4 to 6 days; larvae feed for 12 to 14 days. The pupal stage is about 5 to 6 days.

Damage from the fungus gnat larvae feeding on the roots shows up in the leaves as overfertilization and nutrient deficiency symptoms: yellowing, browning, burning and curling leaves

 

[sackoweed]

those lil fockers are everywhere this year.. they really like moist areas..
gnatrol does work... peace...

sack

 

[Guest]

I had a serious ongoing issue with Fungus Gnats years ago. I eventually cleaned them up by putting Vaponas on all my fans and using Fungus Gnat powder on the surface of my soil.