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title: "Best guesses on type of pest? I’ve seen 1-2 teeny tiny white…"
description: "Best guesses on type of pest? I’ve seen 1-2 teeny tiny white somethings crawling around. Starting to use Captain Jack’s every couple of days."
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author: "Lo"
published: "2026-04-18T20:08:19.675663Z"
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# Best guesses on type of pest? I’ve seen 1-2 teeny tiny white…

_Posted by Lo on 2026-04-18_

Best guesses on type of pest? I’ve seen 1-2 teeny tiny white somethings crawling around. Starting to use Captain Jack’s every couple of days.

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## 4 comments

### LadyTenorJD commented on 2026-04-18

Don’t know what kind of pest, but you might want to give that plant a bath and change its soil. Then continue using Capt. Jack’s every so often for prevention. I also water with some H2O2 in the water for prevention as well.

### 9s commented on 2026-04-19

Hi, you have thrips. This is their poop/egg laying patch. Get some insecticidal soap and systemic.

Captain Jacks is spinosad which is a soil bacteria and is only good for maintenance. It is not a treatment. It requires the bugs to eat the bacterium and then they die but it’s hard to build up that big of a colony for treatment.

### plantgeek commented on 2026-04-19

THRIPS! the brown dots are their poop. wipe down with rubbing alcohol and continue treatment with captain jacks every day until they're gone.

### Lo commented on 2026-04-19

Ugh!!!! I haven’t had thrips yet. Any and all advice is appreciated!

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