Mystery Mite or Combo? Maybe Thrip?

maggiemag

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Very strange. Never seen a mite like this. Plus damage is more Thrip like from what I can find online, although I've not had them before. This bug is very fast, much more action than mites usually have, and is on the tops of the leaves as likely as bottom. Found a picture of a mite online that matches what I've taken pics of but not able to find any detail on what kind of mite it is. No action as far as I can see around pots and have had R.Aphids before so feel confident that it is not aphids (none of the pictures have butt horns and legs are wrong). Anyway, I'm in week 7 and damage is minor at this point so I'm going to hit them with some Mighty Wash and then consider what to do post for clean up and preventative. Hmmm? thanks for any thoughts. It is greatly appreciated!SnapShot13.jpgSnapShot12.jpgSnapShot10.jpgSnapShot1.jpgSnapShot3.jpg
 
the leaf damage looks like thripes but the bug pictures after it are most deffinately not thripes... prevention wise thripes are attracted to the colors blue and yellow so yellow sticky traps can work as a prevention and also garlic works as prevention there are many different oils you can treat thripes with to stay organic such a corriander oil , neem oil , clove oil and cinnamon oil good luck and hope some of that info helps... :leaf:
 
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