Is this a thrip?

I was doing so well, with two Northern Lights in my bloom room. Recently we had a lot of 90 degree days. Yesterday I found spider mites, today I found a different type of bug. Is this a thrip?

Using the microscope I can test treatments. Since I’m into the 4th week of bloom with tall colas I have to be careful what I apply. I cooked up a batch of Habanero pepper juice and touched it on the bugs and they don’t seem to mind it. But a soaking with 10:1 alcohol seems to knock them dead.

Please advise what I can use on full blooming plants.

Here is some I seen on line.

Hope this will help, I am not sure.
Good Luck.

Spinosad was recommended to me by @Aquaponic_Dumme awhile back, killed them all, can use up until near harvest, just wash off residue if ya use it just before harvest. Definitely worked great.

This is an aphid, you can tell by it’s long antenna and long rear legs , thrips have shorter antenna and smaller rear legs , @ProctorPot

There are two home remedies that you can use as organic sprays to take care of your aphid problem. The first spray, tomato leaf spray, works especially well if you also are caring for tomato plants.

To do this, you simply combine two cups of water with two cups of chopped tomato leaves and let it steep for one entire night. You can then remove the leaves by straining the liquid, and pour the remaining liquid into a clean spray bottle, then add two more cups of regular water. You can then use this spray on the leaves of your marijuana plants – focus especially on the bottom side of leaves, where aphids like to live.

Another option for a similar mixture is finely chopping an onion and two garlic cloves, then blend them with two cups of water. Strain the pulp out and spray the mixture on your plants.

You can try an organic garlic oil spray instead. It kills all sorts of pests (one of which is aphids) and also has antibacterial and antifungal properties that will keep harmful diseases away. To make it finely chop three or four cloves of garlic and combine it with two teaspoons of mineral oil. This should be left to sit for 24 hours, after which you should strain it into a gallon of water, then add a teaspoon of liquid dish soap. You should then store the resulting mixture (i.e. in a plastic jug), and use only two tablespoons combined with a full spray bottle of water.

With the garlic oil spray, you should definitely check that it won’t damage your plants before spraying the entirety of your garden with it. Take the solution in the spray bottle and spray it on one leaf of a marijuana plant. Then let it sit for one to two days and return to it to check if there is any leaf damage. If there is (characterized by yellowing), then you should dilute the mixture even more and test the solution on a new leaf each time. Once you successfully have no leaf damage, you can spray the full plant with it – once again, focus especially on the bottom sides of leaves…

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Hoping that’s helping you ProctorPot and good luck…

~Al :v: :innocent:

I tried three different treatments I read about online, and was able to evaluate their effectiveness by examining individual leaves under a microscope. I had these “in the pipeline” before I tried your tomato leaf and garlic options.

10:1 alcohol and water
It stunned the spider mites, but after an hour, many of them came back to life.

Habanero pepper tea
This didn’t seem to bother them much at all.

Safer brand insecticidal soap
This seems to have killed everything it touches. It lays down a film of water that appears to drown them. An hour later the water has evaporated, and every bug body is immobile, even when prodded with a needle. The plant seems no worse for the wear.

When I was a kid my grandfather raised tobacco
Tobacco plants get cut worms :bug: at the base of the plant. We used this soap with great effect every year
My dad used it on potatoes and tomatoes in the garden and I still use it. Awesome stuff