Help Bugs

Growing for a few years I have never had bugs ever before!

INDOOR GROWING 2 weeks into flowering and I found 1 of these bugs on a plant, I saw a few outside last week and another in the grow room yesterday. Can anyone Identify? Is it a threat? What type of vegatable spray or something might I use? Neem oil ruined a grow a few years back so maybe something different or a description how to use neem oil!

1. Pic of plants.
   
2. Pic of bug.
   
3. Pic of bug 2.
   
4. Pic of Grow box.
   
5. Pix are to large I will photo bucket and return.

1 bug is not goin to eat the whole plant.

Dirtyboy said:

1 bug is not goin to eat the whole plant.

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YOU DON'T KNOW MUCH about the situation. NEITHER DO I! THERE COULD BE A LOT MORE AND BREEDING SOMEWHERE I CAN'T SEE.

i had those i just use the comercial bug spray ,but not on the plant but in the air around them

I have those fuckers, i use provado spray which seems to kill them all if i spray over the plant. I have small gravel on top of the soil in my pots and they seem to live in it lol. SO i spray that and they die, but then a couple of days later theres more. Im not sure what kind of threat they are. Hopefully not a big one

Those look like winged aphids to me. They multiply fast (hundreds to thousands in a few weeks) and they're bad news. If you're not in flowering, I would suggest using some kind of anti-bug spray. Neem oil works.

If you are in flowering, I wouldn't suggest using a spray. Ladybugs are natural predators for aphids, and you can get a LOT of them for cheap (I paid 8 dollars and got 1500 of them!). Release 20-30 into your garden and let them chow down. You should see zero bugs in a week or so.

I did not want to use sprays..
so kept reading an reading..
then stumbled upon somthing Mr. FilthyFletch
had posted....
and it works.
look on the bucket you see those are 2 of your bugs.
keeps em way down.
I set timer to turn it on for 15 min when the lights go off.

it isent fancy and new but sure works like a million bucks.
and its REALLY fun to watch the peskey little critters go
ZAPPPPPPPPPP.......

MrsMcGreggor said:

I did not want to use sprays..
so kept reading an reading..
then stumbled upon somthing Mr. FilthyFletch
had posted....
and it works.
look on the bucket you see those are 2 of your bugs.
keeps em way down.
I set timer to turn it on for 15 min when the lights go off.

it isent fancy and new but sure works like a million bucks.
and its REALLY fun to watch the peskey little critters go
ZAPPPPPPPPPP.......

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Thanks, I think my space is to amsll but i'll look around for a tinky zapper. Once I go from grow cabinet to grow room I will keep this in mind.

bug zapper. Cool idea. but is the UV light a prob?

BigBudBalls said:

bug zapper. Cool idea. but is the UV light a prob?

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I think it's only on for 15 minutes a day. So probably not.

I used a powder called DiatomaceousEarth it is crushed shells from the bottom of the sea. It's like fine glass powder all natural and all deadly to pests. The full sized fungus nats will die in a few days so I got fly paper and that handled them.

DiatomaceousEarth for sure get it use it!

Diatomaceous Earth is a great idea, along with wet sand on the top soil, so they can't lay their eggs. I would have to strongly recommend perditory nematoads to put in your soil. They work wonders for any pest that has part of its life cycle in soil.

those look like nats, if you find more that thats a real problem because of all the plants. i guess you should find a thread were it teaches you how to make the insecticide (not harmful 1) and just spray on the leaves and under them. good luck

I have used a pest strip with great success for flying insects and mites. Some go by the brand name Hot Shot, but I have seen others with the same ingredient-Dichlorvos. It's not the traditional "fly tape" stuff, but a yellow strip inside a plastic case that can hang on a door handle. I had mites in my flower closet and gnats in my clone closet, both gone within 3 days of installing one of these strips. It's definitely toxic but odorless, best part is you don't have to touch your plants with it. Good for up to 1200 cubic feet, I would highly recommend...

Just wondering, why does the wet sand keep them from laying eggs?
Also, how deep should the sad be? I would think 10 -13mm (3/8 - 1/2inch) should be fine, no?)

wet sand prevents them from digging in the soil to lay eggs i think... i just know it works and helps take care of the adults. the preditory nematodes will wipe them out completley though and they wont have a chance to get back.

everyone I talk to at garden stores and on here say 1 inch for the sand!

On the sand idea, what about landscaping fabric on top of the soil?
(just a thought)

As for the DiatomaceousEarth, how is it used? like the sand?

i would use the diatomaceous earth like the sand