Hi guys,
Noticed some sort of sluggish markings on my plants a few weeks ago but didn’t take much notice as it was only on the odd leaf. A few weeks on and I’m still noticing it. I did a bit of Googling which lead me to think I may have a thrip infestation but wondered if anyone could shed some light on it or if I’m just being paranoid ?
Thanks guys.
Could be 
, first they appeared to me like bites instead of scratches, but they don’t look like caterpillar or grasshopper damage, so they must be thrips … 
Have you gone over the plant with a jeweler’s loupe or high power magnifying glass. Thrips are pretty easy to spot if they’re around in numbers. They usually leave damage that looks like what you’re showing but you need to scope it out really well to be sure. I hope we’re wrong as they’re a pain to eliminate. Best of luck with the hunt.
Thrips you need Captain jacks dead bug
Also works on leaf miners
Get right on it…check quick when lights go on if you have good eyes you can see them scurry for cover, into the medium. You’re in flower, so depends on what you use and how you grow…They are tough and hard to get rid of. I ended up tossing most of my 7+ yr old rols mix into the outdoor garden. started over with completely diffferent soil and mix. I waited a bit too long and won’t spray anything on the buds, other than high pressure water and soap in the soil and on the trunk. That just controlled the damage before nuking it all…Cap Jacks is illegal North of the U.S. border…some of us are limited in their organic efforts…sucks…like thrips
If you turn your fans off just before lights out you should be able to see them fly at the lights. Sticky traps, misquitoe bits, and Arbor biological insecticide sprayed in the medium and on as much of the stalk as possible is how I suppressed them in my last grow. I switched between the bits and Arbors and kept at it for a couple weeks daily then weekly. They come in waves as the eggs hatch, you have to get them until you have them dying before laying the next wave. I never could find them on the plant. I found pupa in the substrate and fliers on sticky traps but never on the plants.
They fly??
If you got thrips, you should be able to spot them fairly easily. Like others have said, treat accordingly and stay vigilant with your treatment methods. You should be fine.
Adults have wings … 
Yes they fly.
Thanks for the replies guys. Will give them the first treatment tonight!
Hopefully won’t cause me to much of an issue 
They only like high temperatures, if you can lower the temperature to 20 C / 69 F then they’ll disappear on their own.
Have you seen the thrips yet? Unless you can actually find thrips on the plant, which should be relatively easy, don’t spray your flowering plants.
You can also grow some mint inbetween your cannabis, thrips love it and they’ll migrate to that and leave your cannabis more alone.
And there’s nothing like fresh mint tea!
Thanks for the advise! I will add some mint along with the sticky strips that should arrive today
To be fair I haven’t actually seen any yet. However the silvery trails have been appearing from some time now I have had damaged and twisted leaves for a few weeks as well which I was finding hard to diagnose.
Right ok temps have been a little higher recently 28c in day 19/20 at night. You think I should knock the temp right down for a couple days and nights?
Yeah, the longer the better.
Or maybe every other day, one day on, one day off.
