Oh no just found these little white pests crawling on the leaves of my plant (the plant is attached it to this post)!! đI donât know if thereâs any webbing or if they seem to be crawling on the little fuzziness that is on the leaves. I donât think my pictures did the critters justice but does anyone know what they might be?? Might first thought is to wipe neem oil on the leaves. Would that kill pests on leaves?
Most likely some sort of spider mite, seems like theyâve been there a while by the looking at their numbers, is there no damage at all?
0 Mi piaceThe only damage I noticed recently was a few pale spots
That doesnât really look like spider mite damage, spider mite damage is like a bunch of little yellow dots so Iâm not sure if they are harmful as there can be beneficial spider mites which eat thrips and even the âbadâ spider mites however I would still wipe them off
0 Mi piaceI just sprayed the leaves with insecticidal soap. Any other suggestions? Iâve only ever dealt with fungus gnats so this is new to me
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move this away from your other plants and keep treating every couple of days until theyâre gone. if this is spidermites (i think it is, their damage isnât limited to the dots Soup mentioned) know that they lay eggs inder the surface of the leaves so youâll want to keep treating until you stop seeing them
0 Mi piaceI have isolated the plant in my spare room I donât really use. I sprayed insecticidal soap on top and bottoms of leaves. I see less of them moving now but still saw one real quick. Do I keep using this spray or should I use neem oil or anything else? Should I only spray once a day or can I attack as many times as I want? Lol
0 Mi piace I would treat every other day until you stop seeing them â keep using what youâve got, it should do the trick you just have to stay consistent
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I like to use a lint roller
2 Mi piace havenât heard this before! makes sense!
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@violent pixie-đ love that!
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