A Guide To Recognising & Removing Bugs

XxNinjaxX

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A few bugs and their natural predators are:



1. Greenhouse Spidermite:
The Spider Mite & It's Egg:



Spider Mite Damage:


Description:These are yellow-brown colored mites with two dark spots on both sides. They measure approximately 0,5 mm. The mites feed by sucking sap from the under surface on the leaf. This induces groups of small white speckles which are clearly seen from the upper surface of the leaf. It will ruin your harvest completely when you don't take countermeasures in time. A nightmare for all growers. In a later stage the leaves will become grey-yellow because all the green has been eaten by the spidermites. Also they will produce a silky spinning which can be noticed on the leaves, and later around the buds. In this stage your harvest will almost be ruined.
Natural predator : Predatory mite

2. Sciarid Fly:
A Sciarid Fly:

Sciarid Fly & Larvae:

Description: Approximately 6mm long black colored "fly". It is usually found in large numbers. The 5mm white and transparent larva damages the soil and the root system of the plant. When this happens, the absorbing of micro-nutrients will stop, and growth will stagnate. In case of severe root damage, the leafs of the plant will wilt and the whole plant can even fade. The flies themselves are not that harmful, only thing is that they lay their new eggs offcourse, and that they can stick to the buds.
Natural predator: NEMATODES



3. Vine Weevil:
A Vine Weevil:

Vine Weevil Damge:

Description: Are 8-12 mm long, have a grooved, dull black shell with patches of tiny yellow bristles. They will do their damage at night (or when you're lights are off) by eating the leaves from the outside to the center. The larvae are 1cm thick and have a creamy white color with a shiny brown head. They live in the oil, and damage the roots. The absorbing of nutrients will come in danger, and as a result the plant wilts and dies off.
Natural predator: NEMATODES

4. Aphids:
Adult Aphid:

Aphids On Stem (With An Ant):

Aphids On Under Side Of Leaf:

Description: Aphids measure around 3mm. They come in many different sorts, and their color varies from light yellow to dark-green, sometimes almost black. Most common are the leaf-aphids and the root-aphids. Both travel by air and spread diseases and infections. They have a thick oval body, no head front knobs and antennae shorter than the body. On their sticky residue which they produce on the leaves (honeydew) appear fungus and mould. Root-aphids destroy the roots with earlier mentioned results.
Natural predator: Lace wing or Gallmidge

5. Thrips:
Adult Thrip:

Thrip Damage:

Description: Adult thrips are small, elongated insects with typical fringed wings. They measure about 1mm, and have a greyish or yellow to brown color. The female thrips deposits eggs in the leaf tissue. The eggs hatch within a few days into very mobile larvae which immediately begin to feed, Thrips damage the crop by withdrawing the plant cell fluids. Empty cells are filled with air, causing a silvery appearance, on which dark spots (the excrements) are visible. Damage through discoloration or deformation can occur. Moreover, thrips are important vectors of several viruses. Thrips populations can develop very rapidly.
Natural predator:Predatory bug

6. White fly:
Adult White Fly:

Severe Whitefly Damage:

Description: Adult whiteflies measure about 1,5 mm and are typically covered with a white waxy powder. The female whitefly deposits its oval shaped eggs on the underside of young leaves at the top of the plant. They occur in large numbers and multiply rapidly. As well larvae as adults suck plant juices. Secretion of honeydew fouls the leaves and the buds, which become not consumable. Often moulds grow on the honeydew, which stunts photosynthesis and respiration of the plant. Moreover, whiteflies can transmit several viruses. When not intervened in time, the odds are that the plant will not survive the damage.
Natural predator: Parasitic wasp



You may notice some bugs who are not mentioned here, these bugs are mostly friendly bugs, as long as you don't see any clear damage you can spare their live ;-)



Normal Spiders & Ladybugs are good natural predators against some bugs.




BE WISE, DON'T USE ANY CHEMICALS!!


Watch your plants for diseases every time you give them water.


When you see any insects that may attack your plant, handle immediately.


Don't use any chemicals, or you may poison yourself!! Especially when spraying close to the harvest.




This Is My 1st Guide, but I Hope this helps a lot of people out.
It was only meant to cover the basics, but if any1 has any bugs they wud like to seen added to it, then im happy to update it.
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XxNinjaxX

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Sorry for the fact there are no pictures, i will edit this post and Add some later tonight. I had clip-art images, but they did not work. As for me, unfortunately im off to work.
 

GreenThumbInTraining

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What would you recommend for beginning stage of spider mite infestation? just started to see a tiny bit a webbing, and BAM one of my girls is dirty! should i try to isolate her?
 

XxNinjaxX

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What would you recommend for beginning stage of spider mite infestation? just started to see a tiny bit a webbing, and BAM one of my girls is dirty! should i try to isolate her?
Ru sure they are Spidermites and not regular house spiders?
Spraying the leaf (including the underside), can help to stop the beginning stages of SpiderMites infestation, but yeah, once they are on one, within no time they will be on all, remove until u can rectify.

Hope this Helps.
 

GreenThumbInTraining

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Yea the spray i made helped alot actually, i made 1 quart of Go Gnats barrier spray/spot treatment. And i drenched that poor thing, thought i over did it first, as i cant move her yet, i sprayed all the others with the barrier spray also. Suprisingly enough they dont seem stressed from the formula at all. LOL as another precautionary measure i trimmed off all infected fan leaves, since they're in week 7 of flowering i was gonna start trimming them anyway, just not nearly as much as i did.. So far all is well, i wouls have posted a pic, but the webs werent showing on the pics, its a good camera too i think the webs were too miniscule. glad i caught that shit early. and more advice would help alot.. should i get some predetor bugs? its an indoor grow, but im willing to kill the left overs after, i just wanna save as much as i can you kno
thnx
 

GreenThumbInTraining

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ok change of plans, i hope it was the spray , but when i look from underneath some of the leaves it looks like either the leaves are experiencing slight burning from the spray or the spidermites are worse than i thought.. if i notice more deterioration of the mites i'll wait it out the last 2wweks...but plan B is chop all the suspicious fan leaves and then do a 1wk flush to get rid of nutes in nugs and im sure the spray must have left some kind of residue so the flushing should help that too right?
 

XxNinjaxX

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Spray with distilled water. This should help remove any residue leftover from the previous spray and also works well to treat spidermite.
 

GreenThumbInTraining

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thnx ninja, today they all got treated with SM-90, and a nice fan leaf trimming. less signs of the mites today, and the original infected plant has been curtained off from the rest with a clear shower curtain. Thnx fer all the help
 
good update ninja, i must say i've had white flies bothering one of my ladies in the woods this year. and i actually posted in plant problems about it and someone was able to help me out. on what they were and what to do about the situation haha. i sprayed down my plant with soap suds one day and they have dissappeared since then, i might find one or two on my plants everytime i go to check up on em'. but better than literally 100's! once again good info ninja. you'll save hundreds maybe even thousands!!! :dunce:of young ladies:weed: stay high bro:joint:
 

XxNinjaxX

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Thanks for all the positive feedback guys! Well I'm here 2 help n save ur smoke.. Nothing like Home-Grown :weed:
 

alberto

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yooo main man, this is great info, loved it!, so as i understood, baby spiders are fine as long as there are no others like mites and so on...
 
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