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title: "Is it thrips that cause little dark specks on leaves that looks like…"
description: "Is it thrips that cause little dark specks on leaves that looks like soil? Used magnifying glass, nothing moving. 🥲I just blasted it with insecticidal soap.…"
url: "https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ/64dc26e7cc3772ec60d6a9bd"
community: "Pests, diseases and problems"
author: "Cindy Asby"
published: "2023-08-16T01:31:19.074Z"
language: "en"
image: "https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/jz8GgIcqfV8d1VINjYxyBpfQx49m-rZXoLa8q6pZI90/1c9944d7eadc44b2a7415b985d3fadef.webp?size=large"
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# Is it thrips that cause little dark specks on leaves that looks like…

_Posted by Cindy Asby on 2023-08-16_

Is it thrips that cause little dark specks on leaves that looks like soil? Used magnifying glass, nothing moving. 🥲I just blasted it with insecticidal soap.

My Finley girl for tax🥰

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## 5 comments

### Anya commented on 2023-08-16

Omg thank you for the doggy tax 🥰 I find that thrip damage looks like silver scrapes but some people can manage to spot the actual bugs - my eyes arent nearly that good lol

### Anya commented on 2023-08-16

But thrip poop is little black dots!

#### Charlene replied on 2023-08-19

That’s what they told me at the greenhouse. 🪴

### KayyP commented on 2023-08-16

Not related to plants, but she looks like my Nola girl!

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### Charlene commented on 2023-08-19

I believe so… I just replied on here with a very looooooooong post on the subject… I had the exact same problem and I concluded in the end that it was thrips. I cant find the post I replied to … it was to a ‘Deanne’ I think. Am I missing something, is there no way in settings to follow a thread? 🪴

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