Bugs indoors in my tent.

Bulletproof_Love

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• Jun 4, 2016

• #1

It seems I've brought back pests. Somehow... What kind of bug is this?

What's a way to repel them?

 

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TopDogTHC

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• Jun 4, 2016

• #2

Any damage to the plants?

 

Bulletproof_Love

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• Jun 4, 2016

• #3

TopDogTHC said:

Any damage to the plants?

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I can't tell. There's been more rips in leaves than usual.

 

TopDogTHC

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• Jun 4, 2016

• #4

Your fan isn't blowing directly onto the leaves is it? Eliminate everything else quickly. That looks like a woodlouse to me, but I've never experienced bugs.

 

Bulletproof_Love

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• Jun 4, 2016

• #5

TopDogTHC said:

Your fan isn't blowing directly onto the leaves is it? Eliminate everything else quickly. That looks like a woodlouse to me, but I've never experienced bugs.

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should my fan not be blowing on to the leaves? I thouguht the point of the fan was to blow on to the plant.

 

TopDogTHC

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• Jun 4, 2016

• #6

Not directly no. That can cause them to chap and split

 

Bulletproof_Love

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• Jun 4, 2016

• #7

TopDogTHC said:

Not directly no. That can cause them to chap and split

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but I thought that the movement created by the wind in the tent is what makes the branches stronger. According to like a bunch of sources. If that is the case however and what you say is true i'll quit doing it.

 

TopDogTHC

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• Jun 4, 2016

• #8

Yeah it does but if its to intense it can cause wind burn. I work outside and one of the worst things I've experienced is wind burn on my ears.

 

topcat

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• Jun 4, 2016

• #9

It looks like a sow bug. Use Sluggo PLUS. The spinosad in PLUS will eliminate them. Air movement has nothing to do with this insect.

Bulletproof_Love said:

It seems I've brought back pests. Somehow... What kind of bug is this?

What's a way to repel them?

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Urbz

Well-Known Member

• Jun 5, 2016

• #10

They don't eat living plants.

 

hillbill

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• Jun 5, 2016

• #11

Not harmful, essential to composting and a good pattern for trout flies.

 

Bulletproof_Love

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• Jun 5, 2016

• #12

Okay, well thats good. Still can't tell the flies indoors from the fungus gnats I think? Hopefully they aren't. Also saw a very tiny spider in the dirt the same day.

So yeah... I got one spider, one sow bug (apparently its a crustacean,lmao), and some unidentified flying insects. Maybe some fly tape in the grow tent or something.

 

DesertGrow89

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• Jun 5, 2016

• #13

Eat that bug

 

fagit_isobar

Member

• Jun 5, 2016

• #14

Looks like a porcellio scaber to me, they're generally harmless to plants, from what I know. They usually eat dead plant material and neither the adult animal nor the juvenile larves do damage to the roots. In nature they act as decomposers and you can find them in every healthy ecosystem.
So, no worries your bby is safe!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porcellio_scaber