GanjaPharma
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Over the last 15 years I have had gnats, spotted mites, thrips, and whiteflies...I thought i had seen em all (and knew how to prevent their return) but..
Have been freaking out all day, looking in the scope and online...i am not new to this, but for the life of me I dont know what I have on my plants. please give this a read and see if anything rings a bell.
First off, let me apologize for no pics...these bugs are tiny, barely visible without a scope, so cant take pics. also, my plants look great, no speckling as is common with spider mites, no webbing, no nute lockout, the roots are clean and white with no odor. and shaking the plants reveals NO flying buggies.
growing in coir DTW still in veg. i practice heavy defoliation and was doing just that when I noticed:
tiny, fast moving, white looking, mite-ish bugs. they were crawling about on a leaf i just cut and ran all over my hand super quick like. about 1/4 size of a grain of salt. I got one on a piece of sticky tape and scoped it. oval translucent body (no spots like ive seen on mites). six short legs and what look like two longer front legs, but could be antennae (exacerbating my confusion).
APHIDS:
My first thought was an aphid of some sort, but the images of "root aphids" i see are of brownish larger bugs. also, I cannot see the "twin tubes" i am pretty sure all aphids have on their back. perhaps my scope isnt strong enough...finally, they arent clustered anywhere on the roots, they are on the leaves.
still havent ruled out aphids, if these are aphids I will have to treat with a systemic, like Imid. god i hate to do that.
SPIDER MITES:
I looked around to see if spider mites came in an un-spotted variety and all the cannabis related species I see are two spotted mites, or red mites, and both have coloring identifiers. I did come across an image of a predatory mite Galendromus occidentalis that looks just like these fukers, cept i am unsure if the long forelimbs areantennae or legs. if legs then arachnid and mites.
frankly the idea of being infested with a beneficial mite is so out of balance with the story of my life that I cant really see it as possible. I read that a predatory mites mouth-parts extent frontwards toward prey vs. downwards....im gonna need a better scope for that lol
SO:
anyone here seen tiny aphids that are fast moving? the ones ive seen outside are generally slow and not inclined to race about.
anyone here use predatory mites? and can say whether this sounds like them? and im in the PNW...is it possible I picked up good mites??
are there mites that have elongated forelegs and do not have spots anywhere?
I stand by with an arsenal of options...I dont want to use Imid if its not aphids, that shit is scary. Please advise!
Thanks All!
GP
Have been freaking out all day, looking in the scope and online...i am not new to this, but for the life of me I dont know what I have on my plants. please give this a read and see if anything rings a bell.
First off, let me apologize for no pics...these bugs are tiny, barely visible without a scope, so cant take pics. also, my plants look great, no speckling as is common with spider mites, no webbing, no nute lockout, the roots are clean and white with no odor. and shaking the plants reveals NO flying buggies.
growing in coir DTW still in veg. i practice heavy defoliation and was doing just that when I noticed:
tiny, fast moving, white looking, mite-ish bugs. they were crawling about on a leaf i just cut and ran all over my hand super quick like. about 1/4 size of a grain of salt. I got one on a piece of sticky tape and scoped it. oval translucent body (no spots like ive seen on mites). six short legs and what look like two longer front legs, but could be antennae (exacerbating my confusion).
APHIDS:
My first thought was an aphid of some sort, but the images of "root aphids" i see are of brownish larger bugs. also, I cannot see the "twin tubes" i am pretty sure all aphids have on their back. perhaps my scope isnt strong enough...finally, they arent clustered anywhere on the roots, they are on the leaves.
still havent ruled out aphids, if these are aphids I will have to treat with a systemic, like Imid. god i hate to do that.
SPIDER MITES:
I looked around to see if spider mites came in an un-spotted variety and all the cannabis related species I see are two spotted mites, or red mites, and both have coloring identifiers. I did come across an image of a predatory mite Galendromus occidentalis that looks just like these fukers, cept i am unsure if the long forelimbs areantennae or legs. if legs then arachnid and mites.
frankly the idea of being infested with a beneficial mite is so out of balance with the story of my life that I cant really see it as possible. I read that a predatory mites mouth-parts extent frontwards toward prey vs. downwards....im gonna need a better scope for that lol
SO:
anyone here seen tiny aphids that are fast moving? the ones ive seen outside are generally slow and not inclined to race about.
anyone here use predatory mites? and can say whether this sounds like them? and im in the PNW...is it possible I picked up good mites??
are there mites that have elongated forelegs and do not have spots anywhere?
I stand by with an arsenal of options...I dont want to use Imid if its not aphids, that shit is scary. Please advise!
Thanks All!
GP
