What's this?

Was messing around in my experimental* budget winter grow and I saw a random bug (ive seen a few different ones this season but have had no problems thus far) on a plant containing a bit of miracle grow in the soil.

What is this winged thing and should I be worried that the only one I've seen fell into the soil and escaped? I am pretty sure I maimed it too.



* I mean ive gone with 3 different frankensoils and also different feeds. i am purposefully messing with known good practices and hopefully learning just a little more by the end of this.

It's a thrip. I would spray with Azamax.

That huge thing is a thrip?! My understanding was thrips are really tiny. This was 3/4 as big as a housefly.

I'm in the northern CA woods, in the mountains if that helps with iD. This was like 15+x the size of the thrips I have seen locally. And it was kinda dopey and slow, like I half squished it but dropped it cus it was a bigger bug than anything I'd had to squish yet and it felt weird between my fingers.

I think it is a stray bug and I doubt itll be breeding in the room as there's no other bugs. I hope its not already pregnant or can reproduce asexually. I won't be spraying anything (part of my experiment is the pest disease and stress resistance of my crop in certain conditions) unless someone can link me to some info on what this is, and what it'll do.

lol looks like a hood roach to me

did u or did u not leave a box of pizza in ur grow room for a month or two

If that's a roach I wouldn't be surprised. I had a clean grow, then I left for a couple months. The room got rented out to the biggest fucking slob I have ever met. The window screens were destroyed, dirty dishes everywhere, chemicals splashed all over as he was trying to dredge gold?.. He smoked cigs and meth in the nonsmoking room and left food in there for 4 months. When he left he picked our shed locks open and locked them open, spread weed on the inside floor and outside ground, put a baggie of white crystally powder (assuming meth) in a hole in a couch cushion, left doors open for my animals to leave, left torn up fire extinguishers, trash, and oily clothes in the room. He trashed my furniture, ruined my mattress, and got a pillow so oily i had to wear gloves to not get squeamish when I threw it out. He bathed once every couple of weeks, and left all the walls and the fridge and the shower more stained than I thought possible.

I went to grow in there and everything was trashed. Usually it would be the grower who trashed the house to my understanding, and that's one reason growing and landlords don't like each other. I cleaned a majority, then told my mom (she's the tenant) that she did this, (she had moved him in in less than 2 weeks after id left) and so she's gonna have to get the rest. Needless to say my mom is the biggest asshole I know, and she went off on me and said she'd get to it. She did. About 4 weeks later. When I literally threw the months old dirty dishes and trash in a bag and said if you want any of the dishes back, you gotta dig. Otherwise it's going to the dump.


I can't wait to have my own place to grow. Just need a job for a couple weeks. Waiting for some responses on applications as we speak.

lol damn he was smoking meth up in there lol.... ur gonna turn into a second hand tweeker inhaling the fumes

ps. to the roach (proud of u for switching to weed and getting off the harder stuff) just stay clean bro

daloudpack said:

lol damn he was smoking meth up in there lol.... ur gonna turn into a second hand tweeker inhaling the fumes

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Yeah couple times my mom came home and the house reiked. He blamed it on a couple things. His window ac, the gold dredging, broken mercury thermometer, the dremel he used constantly in the room, etc. Eventually she called him out on it and he mustve switched to snorting. His room had multiple stanks I had to air out for a month.

I hope there isn't any residuals.

If its a roach I shouldn't have anything to worry about, right? I mean besides how gross it is that it's a filthy roach covered in diseases.

u can google thrips to see a better pic.. they look alot thinner then that to me... not sure if its a roach either i was just playing but it does resemble one.. im not sure if roaches would hurt ur weed but ewwww id really be worried about them laying eggs and i think id quit smoking weed if i ever found a roach in my bag lol

daloudpack said:

u can google thrips to see a better pic.. they look alot thinner then that to me... not sure if its a roach either i was just playing but it does resemble one.. im not sure if roaches would hurt ur weed but ewwww id really be worried about them laying eggs and i think id quit smoking weed if i ever found a roach in my bag lol

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But everyone loves Papa Roach. Lmao.
Honestly as with most the single bugs I've seen this winter grow, im not too worried. Mostly its wood beetles and millipede and spiders that I've been finding near the floorboards. The occasional ant earlier on but not anymore.
Anyways I think I got the fucker, so it should be fine.

It's just a random bug, bro. Not thrips, lol

Maybe just clean up in there. I make it a habit to clean every time I'm on my way out.

a senile fungus said:

It's just a random bug, bro. Not thrips, lol

Maybe just clean up in there. I make it a habit to clean every time I'm on my way out.

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Okay. That's good to hear, thanks.

hey buddy, the more bugs the merrier, there is always bugs for the bugs you can buy online in case of an infestation, I like to see the soil move when I peek under the mulch.

THCmeBro said:

Was messing around in my experimental* budget winter grow and I saw a random bug (ive seen a few different ones this season but have had no problems thus far) on a plant containing a bit of miracle grow in the soil.
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What is this winged thing and should I be worried that the only one I've seen fell into the soil and escaped? I am pretty sure I maimed it too.



* I mean ive gone with 3 different frankensoils and also different feeds. i am purposefully messing with known good practices and hopefully learning just a little more by the end of this.View attachment 3582151

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Looks like a pirate bug its a good guy.

How to Manage Pests:
Pest Management and Identification
| More natural enemies |
greenhouses for controlling thrips.

Commercially available: Yes (Orius spp.)

DESCRIPTION
Adult minute pirate bugs are small, 2-5 mm (1/12 to 1/5 inch) long, oval, black to purplish with white markings, and have a triangular head. Adults can be confused with plant bugs in the family Miridae, which are generally larger, have longer antennae, and only have one or two closed cells in the tip of their forewings. Minute pirate bugs undergo incomplete metamorphosis, and nymphs are usually pear-shaped and yellowish or reddish brown with red eyes. Eggs are inserted into plant tissues where they are difficult to detect. Developmental time for minute pirate bugs is very short, only 3 weeks from egg to adult. They are generalist predators and are often the first and most common predaceous insects to appear in the spring. Minute pirate bugs are common insect predators in many crops including alfalfa, corn, small grains, cotton, soybeans, and tomatoes as well as on ornamentals and landscapes. Adults and nymphs feed on insect eggs and small insects such as psyllids, thrips, mites, aphids, whiteflies, and small caterpillars. Commercially available Orius spp. are sometimes released in greenhouses to control thrips.

Dr.Pecker said:

Looks like a pirate bug its a good guy.

How to Manage Pests:
Pest Management and Identification
| More natural enemies |
greenhouses for controlling thrips.

Commercially available: Yes (Orius spp.)

DESCRIPTION
Adult minute pirate bugs are small, 2-5 mm (1/12 to 1/5 inch) long, oval, black to purplish with white markings, and have a triangular head. Adults can be confused with plant bugs in the family Miridae, which are generally larger, have longer antennae, and only have one or two closed cells in the tip of their forewings. Minute pirate bugs undergo incomplete metamorphosis, and nymphs are usually pear-shaped and yellowish or reddish brown with red eyes. Eggs are inserted into plant tissues where they are difficult to detect. Developmental time for minute pirate bugs is very short, only 3 weeks from egg to adult. They are generalist predators and are often the first and most common predaceous insects to appear in the spring. Minute pirate bugs are common insect predators in many crops including alfalfa, corn, small grains, cotton, soybeans, and tomatoes as well as on ornamentals and landscapes. Adults and nymphs feed on insect eggs and small insects such as psyllids, thrips, mites, aphids, whiteflies, and small caterpillars. Commercially available Orius spp. are sometimes released in greenhouses to control thrips.

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Could you link me to a good site for bug ID and info?

I'm looking to farm any beneficials I happen across.

THCmeBro said:

Could you link me to a good site for bug ID and info?

I'm looking to farm any beneficials I happen across.

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There are a ton of them. You can order bug predators. Those prate bugs are pretty expensive. http://www.insectidentification.org/ http://bugguide.net/node/view/15740 Most bugs live in a specific region. http://www4.ncsu.edu/~dorr/Insects/Predators/Thumbnail_Page/predator_thumbnails.html http://www.arbico-organics.com/product/2345/pest-solver-guide-mites?gclid=CNKKjIuQvMoCFQgKaQoduAMAQA