Just about the time I thought I have all the bases covered, along come the curve ball. I have delt with spider mites, aphids and whitefies, fungus gnat and other nasties all without using anything stronger than spinosid and rarely neem but I have recently got a bug that I’m not familiar with and am struggling to eradicate. It first showed up last year outside on some Okra plants, kinda freaked me out but it was just Okra and only one or two.
Fast forward around September I begain to see some white flecks on my indoor Cannabis plants. I can’t begain to tell you guys how heartbreaking it is to compost entire crops. In a matter of three days, this bug can populate an entire plant and cover it in sooty whatever and skins.
I control them now with 10% isopropyl spray and wipe the underside of the leaves with fair results but overnight they repopulate at a slowed rate.
I asked a member here for advice, very helpful guy, he suggested I post up here so it mite(he he) be of help to others.
The Okra plants above are extremely bad. Heres pot pics populated with Black Aphids…
First is the dander they leave as they first show…
An app that may be helpful in the future is iNaturalist. You photograph the organism you see and then upload it. Their AI then gives you choices of what it believes it is, and you make your best guess selection. After that, expert identifiers will typically verify or correct the selection you made. You can also tag the top identifiers of your organism to check your post out. It’s been extremely useful for me, as any insect I see I identify.
