Do I have thrips?

speakheavy

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No damage to the plant or leaves at all but found these tiny black skinny bugs on the main stem
See YouTube link for a video of them. Should I start dousing in neem oil? Any other suggestions?


Also I'm seeing the same tiny mite looking bugs in the soil on my house plants. Im assuming it might be a whatever soil mite but I'm just being concerned
 

speakheavy

Member
Can you catch a nice clear still? I had thrips these are what I found on my plants....that’s under a digital microscope. You can hardly see them with the naked eye
Yeah they were extremely small I could barely see them moving with my eyes but they looked like solid black skinny beetles. I soaked all my plants in neem oil as a precaution either way. Like I said I've seen the same looking bugs in my peace lily pots since ive gotten the plants and they've always been healthy but just taking precaution. If I see them again after the neem oil dries up I'll take.more pictures but I can say they didn't look like the pics you attached unless they were like Ina larval stage or something but they looked like little black beans or pieces of rice lol
 
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