Ok so i threw a mantis couple in the room & scoped the plant in question at 60x.
I found some bright orange to clear sap balls under the buds but i cant see any white specks anywhere up there, i can't even find young larvae ect which is weird considering I've caught 1 adult on the stalk 3 seperate times in 2 weeks. I opened up a cola and didn't see anything out of the ordinary, in fact the bud was still very tight and would smash together trying to grip it. I have a feeling im in the middle of a mediocre infestation and they have not made it up there yet.
Good news is that particular plant seems to be moving along again after wiping down the stalk with neem last week. It's all good, I'll be chopping before august so im not worried much but it would suck to get them indoor again.
one of the lower colas i chopped up to inspect last night
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