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title: "Are these bugs? I honestly can't tell. They are small white dots. But…"
description: "Are these bugs? I honestly can't tell. They are small white dots. But they DONT move. And my poor monstera leaves have them all over them. I have a moss pole,…"
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# Are these bugs? I honestly can't tell. They are small white dots. But…

_Agma the Destroyer님이 2025-03-03에 게시함_

Are these bugs? I honestly can't tell. They are small white dots. But they DONT move. And my poor monstera leaves have them all over them. I have a moss pole, so I figured it's either dust or something coming off it. But I don't know. My monsteras are dying so sadly and have burnt orange sad leaves. :( i checked the dirt and see no bugs or anything crawly... Maybe they were left in the sun too long? (It's winter so the sun isn't strong, and warm in my house

![4개 중 1번째 첨부 파일](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/StsmUJGFi04KtYBc03bZjNkhEQs8LQSdWThM2sWTjq4/zwgdKA9aSPuDBSBZId-arQ.webp?size=large)

![4개 중 2번째 첨부 파일](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/StsmUJGFi04KtYBc03bZjNkhEQs8LQSdWThM2sWTjq4/GqcFhdIpTUuzu8yecRc91g.webp?size=large)

![4개 중 3번째 첨부 파일](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/StsmUJGFi04KtYBc03bZjNkhEQs8LQSdWThM2sWTjq4/ZYrdlQXvQX61I6EZKrsiPA.webp?size=large)

![4개 중 4번째 첨부 파일](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/StsmUJGFi04KtYBc03bZjNkhEQs8LQSdWThM2sWTjq4/ue1Z7Rw7QuuVGjXHUWtUaQ.webp?size=large)

## 7개의 댓글

### KJM님이 2025-03-03에 댓글을 남겼어요.

Could be salts being pushed out of the plant through the stomata.

### Alyssa님이 2025-03-03에 댓글을 남겼어요.

Nope, those are definitely thrips, especially looking at the leaves dying slowly. Take the plant and shower it down really good, try to knock off every single one of those buggers. Then cut off the dying leaves, and spray the whole plant with captain jacks insecticide spray or arber insecticide spray, treat for two months every week

#### Agma the Destroyer님이 2025-03-03에 답변했습니다.

Omg ;\_; I don't even see them moving. Imma just have to murder the whole plant 😭

#### Plantgirly님이 2025-03-03에 답변했습니다.

Do you use this spray inside? It’s pretty toxic isn’t it?

#### Alyssa님이 2025-03-04에 답변했습니다.

Not as toxic as some other sprays, and not as toxic as systemic granules. But no I wouldn’t spray it inside, I usually wait for a non windy day and then take the plants I need to spray outside and do it then.

#### Alyssa님이 2025-03-04에 답변했습니다.

Yeah they are tiny little enemies and I think the white stuff is their poop. So they like to dash and hide and lay eggs inside the leaves. Lol yeah, scorched earth might be the best approach instead of spending tons of time to save it

### c.cat님이 2025-03-04에 댓글을 남겼어요.

check all your other plants for thrips as well - these guys can fly and are super annoying to get rid of. a neem oil solution should also work! good luck!

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