HELP seen some little bastards on my baby (pics)

hello, any help advice needed on my 2nd grow and just been to water and have a look just got home from work but noticed like really small white thing crawling about on the leaves and noticed for a wile the leaves specialy at the bottom looking a bit patchy its hard to exsplain i have taken some pics but they had just gone to bed so no light so not the best pics and couldnt seem to find any of them wen i had camera in my hand. i am a gooood few weeks into flowering, and the last thing i want is any problems at this stage. also i noticed my friends plants ( which we both got the same cuttings ) alot of his leaves had looked like mine do now and he didnt seem worryed and his been doing it for a few yrs but hes neva had any bug problems before. so any advice and HELP last thing i want is my babies being eaten! ill load some pics up

Get a flashlight and look for spider silk strings,spidermites most likely, not a huge deal. Get some safer insect soap and spray em. I advise alternating with a good water misting after 2 days to clean the leaves of the soap. Or you can go a massage each leave and smash each little guy manually, or rinse of the foliage especially the undersides with water. They feed on the undersides of the leaves and if left unchecked can kill your plant. The spotty leaves are the first thing to look for, I spray every 3 months in mild doses more frequently lately as my hydro plants had a clone introduced that hatched a buttload of spidermites.I know how it goes. Stay vigilent...and keep it clean! Then there is the fun of searching surrounding plants as they can spread, and eggs stay dormant a looong time.

Caregivin said:

Get a flashlight and look for spider silk strings,spidermites most likely, not a huge deal. Get some safer insect soap and spray em. I advise alternating with a good water misting after 2 days to clean the leaves of the soap. Or you can go a massage each leave and smash each little guy manually, or rinse of the foliage especially the undersides with water. They feed on the undersides of the leaves and if left unchecked can kill your plant.

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I'd mist some water to see if you find any tiny webs. The stippling and spotting I see in your pics (focus makes it tough) and you saying something white? I'd suspect the whitefly. Theres a sticky on this board that covers them, check out the pictures until you find something that looks close. PM me if you can't figure it out.

-Grizz

looks like thrips...if you have a hydro store, buy some azamax...shit is a bit pricey, but works great.

cheers lads, yeah i been looking up and everything points at thrips i think! but do i really want to be spraying things on them at this stage into flowering? and to be honest i cant be botherd to scrub every leaf! and this insect soap, some special soap? i have no hydro shops near me so most comes off net. also i have looked at other forums last night and a few others with same problem are going to ride it out n hope for the best because there a fair bit into flowering! i know i have a good few weeks but how much damage can they actually do?

BigToeJoe said:

cheers lads, yeah i been looking up and everything points at thrips i think! but do i really want to be spraying things on them at this stage into flowering? and to be honest i cant be botherd to scrub every leaf! and this insect soap, some special soap? i have no hydro shops near me so most comes off net. also i have looked at other forums last night and a few others with same problem are going to ride it out n hope for the best because there a fair bit into flowering! i know i have a good few weeks but how much damage can they actually do?

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you'll be alright...thrips arent that bad, but in the future buy that azamax shit if you can...and soak those bitches every 3 days under the leaf and on the tops when they are in veg, and it will defeat those lil bastards.. ive had the same problem and thats what i did...worked like a charm

cheers well im turning to seeds from now on, because me n my mate got cuttings from same lad n both got same problem, altho mine not as bad as his, i got some stuff from nearest shop, 3-4 weeks from the big chop so hopfully all goes well thanks again