Need help identifying my potential pest problem outdoors!!!

the closeup pictures are of adults... I'm starting to moreso think they are thrips... especially the long bodies...

gross.... i hope that shit dosent happen to my girls! how can u buy lady bugs or praying mantis ?

also... they are pretty fast... i had a hard time taking a picture of it cuz it kept running all around the leaf.

Get your ladybugs on them.

Noobie. Kinda said:

gross.... i hope that shit dosent happen to my girls! how can u buy lady bugs or praying mantis ?

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amazon..I got like 1500 for like 6 bucks i think....lady bugs will come ready to go..the prayin mantis on the other hand are egg sacks that need to be hung out side for about 2 weeks..just order the ladies as soon as you can and wait till next year to add the mantis

thrips use Monterey garden insect spray or some kind of spinosad to hold down the problem

I released 9000 ladybugs... let them munch for 2 days... then i did a soil drench with Organocide... which is basically just sesame oil and fish oil... hopefully that took care of em... ill let u guys know... I was also gonna put di earth everywhere... which would prob kill ladybugs too... but honestly... the ladybugs only stick around if u have a huge infestation... so they just munched a bit and left... they do have a wings and fly...

btw... you can buy giant packs of ladybugs for way cheaper than getting the 1500 packs... its like $50 for 18000 and $120 for 70000...

praying mantises are useless for existing infestations cuz they take forever to hatch... ladybugs mostly targer aphids... but they will eat whatever they find... but if they find a better spot than your plants... they will quickly move... plus they dont like the super heat all that much...

predatory nematodes would eat thrips too... but u couldnt use them along side with organocide... so I'm just gonna see how well this work first.