Im at a loss. My seven foot Sativa is absolutely riddled with these things! I have no idea what to do or if there is anything I can do about it?
Shes just started to flower as Ive took her out of veg as she is massive. Wide and tall.
Outdoor growing is tough!
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What country are you in Poppy? 
Thailand
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You could try 5 tablespoons of organic liquid soap to a gallon of water and use in spray bottle.
Spray on plant leaves and critters.
I would be taking them off by hand too and terminating them
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Soap!? Is that safe? What brand?
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Going to just fly spray them. I know thats got some plant based shit in so, should be fine. A year down the pan otherwise.
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No,don’t use fly spray…harmful to your health.
Organic soap and water,put in spray bottle and spray on leaves and bugs.
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Organic liquid soap.
1 tablespoon per liter of water.
Must be organic
it will suffocate the bugs.
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Lots of people dont like it but if its early in flower i would still use pesticides myself.
I don’t know if its the same in Thailand but maybe you could use some sort of predatory bugs
In the US we can order this in bulk.
Ladybugs for example do not fly at night so if released at night they will craw around to find food, if they find food, they will stay in that area till the food sorce is gone…
Here a list i found online, maybe this is helpful 
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A more natural and harmonious approach. I like that. Will go on the hunt for some Mantis tomorrow. Thanks.
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I have no idea what they even are. Anyone?
If it really is early flower use a good pesticide. You have two months of flowering. Use a good one and spray at night so it dries by the Sun 
comes out the next day.
You are looking for neem oil
I think those are the Asian lady beetle. They bite us, but bite bugs too. They don’t eat plants just aphids and sap suckers.
Check out the lower right photo. These are the stages of development for the Asian lady beetle.
I hope you don’t mind, but I sent an anonymous photo to the Colorado state hemp bug ID blog. For confirmation.
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Much appreciated.
Turns out you are right. I just went to check and a few of the larger ones have developed their spots.
Some, what looked like white mites under some of the leaves. So I will just leave them to it.
Thats my job done for the day!
So they wont harm any of the flowers, correct? Will they eventually fly off once theyve eaten all they can?
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@Poppypops “Outdoor growing is tough” Yes I agree it can be…Ill trade you some of those for some Caterpillars… 
I hope you get your problem solved…!!
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Add cayanne pepper to that soap and she will work
Wait, i think you should see if they are good bugs 1st 
. They might be helping you out . @Caligurl @HippieRunner1 any help with bugs & people that know … one looks lady bug ish to me too… & they eat bad bags.
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Are they hurting your plant??
Mantis eggs can take an entire season to hatch… you may not have time for that. I, honestly, would try knocking them off with plain old water first and see if that helps.I was thinking the sme thing but it’s a tiny bit different… here’s a fungus eating ladybird (not ladybug):
I’m gong to call in the expert here… oh @Lacewing are you around??
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I think weve established that. Just waiting on noddykitty1 confirming.
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I dont know for certain but they dont seem to be eating any part of the plant.
Not sure why your’e talking about mantis eggs and Ladybirds and Ladybugs are the same thing. Please elaborate.
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