can u identify this bug? close up pics

**souldoubt** · 02-07-2010, 05:07 PM

Originally Posted by sweetsmoker

here they are... lil bitches. not thrips , spidermites whiefly or gnats ,, hmmm any ideas

Hey OP, not trying to derail your thread, but how did you take those magnified pics like that?

I have a little pocket microscope and it's so fuckin' hard to use in my grow room to try to look at a specific spot up close...

And yes, I think it's aphids, but I'm no expert by any means. Looks damn similar to the picture of aphids.

**AnonymousGrower** · 02-07-2010, 05:08 PM

Looks like a springtail to me

**sweetsmoker** · 02-08-2010, 01:39 PM

a springtail??? care to elaborate please mate... never heard of em.. also 2 gt pics i used a 30x scope and simply placed the scope right on leaf trapping the lil fucker, gettin th ephone in right position is a trick but can be done with patience, put the leaf an scope on ya knee or hard surface to stop it wobbling... gd luck..
does anyone know of a homemade solution i can use?

also damage from them is twisted leaves ,, discoloration spots/silver tissue damage. loer leaves are worse off and are dying,, i hope they will survive for another 4 weeks, need to eradicate th efuckers,, nt lost a crop yet due to critters nt going to start ....

**talsch22** · 02-11-2010, 10:35 AM

hi sweetsmoker, I'm a grower from israel

last week I've noticed small bugs crawling on my veg plants
I've also looked at them under a microscope and they looked exactly like those pictures you took.

I looked it up and came to a conclusion, this is the second larva state of thrips, you are welcome to check it out yourself in the picture I added.

the initiale signs were yellow dots on the upper surface of the leaves and small (extremy small) black dots. (picture added)

thrips are reletively harmless, they apear in high humidity and when plants are weak. when i transfered my plants to the pre-flowering HPS with proper vantalation, the problam vanished.