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Unidentified bug problem.

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Today I noticed some kind of bugs that seem to like being under the pot which makes me think they are likely in the soil as well. The young ones are oblong shaped with a pointy ass, their black, have six legs, two antennas or whatever on their heads and are about 2mm or so long. The older ones look the same except their around 4 or 5mm long, and the one I saw was yellowish colored. Anyone know what the hell those little bastards are?
 
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Well is there any place that has pics of all bad pests, including the young and older ones? Id take a pic of them but their small and seem to constantly move and quite fast so theres no way in hell I could get a pic thats clear enough in the first place. I think if I dont find out first, I may just try to catch as many as possible and freeze them so maybe Ill be able to get a half way clear pic of them.
 
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purple wreck said:
Sounds like thrips...
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I looked in the pest section of Jorge Cervantes book and the description of thrips didnt match up to what I have. Id give it a soil drench and foliar spray of neem, but its too soon to water it any and the foliage is rather tender which I attribute to a little too much N. But the plant itself is looking quite nice, so Im not sure if I even need to worry too much about whatever bugs they are?


Heres what Jorges book says about thrips: " More common in greenhouses than indoors, these tiny, winged, fast moving little critters are hard to see but not hard to spot. From 1-1.5mm long, thrips can be different colors including white, gray and dark colors, often with petite stripes. Check for them under leaves by shaking parts of the plant. If there are many thrips present, they choose to jump and run rather than fly to safety. But often you will see them as a herd of specks thundering across foliage. Females make holes in soft plant tissue where they deposit eggs that are virtually invisible to the naked eye. Winged thrips migrate from infested plants to the entire garden easily. "

The bugs I have dont have wings, they arent on the plant at all or even the soil surface, they have thus far only been noticed under and immediatly around the pot which leads me to believe their mostly a soil dwelling bug. There also hasnt been any visible plant damage of any kind.
 
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six legs and antennae it's not going to be difficult to narrow down...
 
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Funny thing is, when I checked on it earlier I couldnt find any, but I did find a couple white bugs that are extremely small, barely visible in fact. I also figured out a way to get a good look at bugs if not a pic as well, use those electronics air dusters and turn the can upside down and flash freeze them! hehehe!
 
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Well I froze one of the adults and noticed they have a few narrow black stripes going along the length of their body, it also had I think a stinger protruding from its ass end. Anyone have a better idea of what I have? Is it maybe a good bug?
 
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teruso

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Are your plants suffering at all because if not it might not be a bad bug, instead a good one so don't go killing them all until you find out what it is
 
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teruso said:
Are your plants suffering at all because if not it might not be a bad bug, instead a good one so don't go killing them all until you find out what it is
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No, its the healthiest plant Ive ever grown so far. I did give it a neem soil drench yesterday though.....oops.:wallbash:
 
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teruso

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Good news your on the right track. Neem oil works in a way that it doesnt kill *BAD* pests like aphids thrips instead stops them eating and reproducing and wont hurt anything that is good or beneficial like bees, butterflys unlike pytherium which kills all insects.
 
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Thats good to know! I wonder how its able to get rid of bad bugs but not the ones that are beneficial? Guess its in a sense the smart bomb for gardeners.:smile:
 
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