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title: "my philodendron super atom tropical plant's some leaves have very…"
description: "my philodendron super atom tropical plant's some leaves have very thin skinny insects, lots of them are light yellowish in color, one or two or three or few of…"
url: "https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ/65b049df490c5f21491d9e1e"
community: "Pests, diseases and problems"
author: "Ting"
published: "2024-01-23T23:21:03.567Z"
language: "en"
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# my philodendron super atom tropical plant's some leaves have very…

_Posted by Ting on 2024-01-23_

my philodendron super atom tropical plant's some leaves have very thin skinny insects, lots of them are light yellowish in color, one or two or three or few of them are blackish in color, you think these are good or bad or neutral bugs? and why they are lots on my philodendron super atom?

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## 5 comments

### Saarah Aamilah commented on 2024-01-23

Yeahhh unfortunately it definitely looks like thrips!

#### Saarah Aamilah replied on 2024-01-23

I believe the yellow are the younger ones and the darker ones are more mature but they are the same thing!

### Soup commented on 2024-01-24

Unleash the heavens of what we call the shower on it, keep it away from other plants and just keep doing this till they go away

### Claire5904 commented on 2024-01-24

Not sure if anyone mentioned this but thrips can sort of fly/jump so checking other plants is absolutely necessary.

### Lynda commented on 2024-01-24

I am so sorry I accidentally resent those posts. The site told me that they wouldn’t post so I kept trying to rewrite it.😫

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