Could this be fungus?

No worries …
Hey listen
Before you kill anything try and get a pic and give me a look …chances are a couple days aren’t going to matter and u wouldn’t want to kill anything benificial

Some of these pest larva can look the same .
I’m a noob but have done more research than I ever did in school lol …I have an entire season here of distinguishing the Good and bad

Just trying to be of help and a second set of eyes !!

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Will do… :+1:

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Oh yeah 53% humidity will be good .

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Put in sticky traps a couple of hours and already caught 2 of them. I also saw what looked like a tiny maggot the thief day and squished it.

The bottom 2 pics are too blurry but that top pic looks like an an aphid to me

Look at the wings compare

That’s an adult aphid …
They also look similar to a regular fly …

If you see those shiny green green flies anywhere leave them be
That’s a long legged fly and also a predator of thrips and aphids

They’re really fast runners and I’ve seen them fly around. They’re beneficial?

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Ypu mean the tiny shiny green flies yes they are beneficial

Also be aware of these on your plants
This is on my plant right now

My profile pic and screen name are what hatches and they eat thrips and aphids too

I like the minute pirate much more because it reproduces

The lacewing does not
It eventually spins a cocoon and pupates to an adult

You can even see this is an older leaf and it’s all spotted

It would have been trimmed had it not had this egg

Should hatch later today or tomorrow
When first laid they are translucent green and turn this color and you can see segmented parts through the egg

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Thanks for the education. So much to learn.

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No worries …I’m a little verbose I guess but I just wanna help others with what I’ve learned …
I can only imagine how many people just kill every bug they see when in reality only about 5-7% of insects on the planet are actually pests
The rest are in some way beneficial
I’ve never been a bug person or even a nature person
Had to start growing weed to learn about it myself hahaha

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Just found another one same plant

If it hatches and survives they will both be around about 4-5 weeks depending how much there is to eat …my buds are pretty clean so hopefully they will prevent any issues

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Yeah, I would’ve killed it and freaked out. Lol

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Those resemble fungus gnats also. Could be either

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I believe it’s fungus gnats. I kept the surface of the soil too wet for a while.

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Fungus gnats, let top of Soil stay dry, sticky traps are good, also, Diatomaceous Earth on top of Soil can help. If that persists there are other steps like lightly water with a mix azamax, top 2" of soil, or nematodes.

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Thanks, It seems to be under control at the moment but was a great learning experience. The plant was brought in from outdoors and had some “Friends” living on it. I saw a couple of thrips as well.

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Am I looking at a female pre-flower here?

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Any idea wht this might be on the fan leaf?
Maybe bug waste?




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