Aphids or Hypaspis?

Please help if it aphids there's lots and I'm just taking everything down, as I'm not ok with imid or orthene, thanks!


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that looks like a spider mite, maybe a hypoaspis, but ive never heard of them on cannabis and im pretty sure they are predators so would be NP. 99% sure its a mite of some kind, doesnt have the trademark 2 spots of a spider mite tho.

There all over the smart pots. Wish I had a better camera ability.

They seem to be white. Not afraid of me nearing them at all. Looks like six legs and antennae.

I've had Fungus gnat problems, but no real plant health issues. I had been applying dunks and sns203. I've been making sure they weren't RA flyers.

I have a dream that it good mites here to help, but I'm fearing a entire shutdown. I was literally about to apply nematoads.

Thank you Purplehays1. I'm so not sure what to do. I'm organic so most chems are out for me.

Pleasehelpme707 said:

There all over the smart pots. Wish I had a better camera ability.

They seem to be white. Not afraid of me nearing them at all. Looks like six legs and antennae.

I've had Fungus gnat problems, but no real plant health issues. I had been applying dunks and sns203.

I have a dream that it good mites here to help, but I'm fearing a entire shutdown.

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if they have 6 legs they r not mites....but im pretty sure they have 8. Good news is if they are all over the pots, and not on the underside of the leaves, then they are not the dreaded spider mite. Go take a leaf from low on the plant and put it under a bright light and see if u can see them running around or if us ee any webs. Pretty sure they arent spider mites but if they are they will be under the leaves. They may be soil mites, which are generally not harmful to plants, but if they have 6 legs they may be a springtail, tho ive never seen a springtail that shape, but there are thousands of variety's. If you can confirm they only have 6 legs and 2 antenna they are likely springtails, which are not normally harmful to cannabis plants. Do they jump? How big are they? as big as a flea or barely visible with naked eye? Are there literally thousands of them running around?

How does the plant look ?

are they eating the plant or the roots ?

if so spinosad

if they are predators then you may want to keep them but if they are attacking the plants then use spinosad

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I have springtails right now, get them every summer in my coco, if i go pick up my plants i will see thousands of them scurry and jumping around, notice no problem with my plants, seem perfectly healthy, generally they gone by october.

I gave them a look through the loop. Wish I could get a picture through it. They don't seem to be jumping like springers just crawling medium speed on outside of smarts.

Don't seem to be eating plants or the roots. No webs like spiders.

I have feared RA because of the gnats, but things have been pretty good.

Gonna scope again and come back with a definite leg count. You guys are so awesome and helpful!!!!


Definitely 6 legs and two antennae.

It looks more like a mite, but it could be root aphids, which are a big problem.

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Tried to snag another pic.

Added nematoads and sprayed pots with sns203 for now.

Thanks folks for the help. There are definitely quite a few on the outside of the smarts probably dozens per. There just big enough to see them and that there white with the naked eye. No jumping and moderate to slow crawling about. No fear of me at all.....

The sns203 didn't even phase them. So maybe not aphids? This sucks folks I'm a pretty sick person and this throws a major loop.

i have those exact same bugs they arent eating the roots or the leaves they just run around they are all over my room i but not hurting the plants at all not a single spot on them..???

Pleasehelpme707 said:

There all over the smart pots. Wish I had a better camera ability.

They seem to be white. Not afraid of me nearing them at all. Looks like six legs and antennae.

I've had Fungus gnat problems, but no real plant health issues. I had been applying dunks and sns203. I've been making sure they weren't RA flyers.

I have a dream that it good mites here to help, but I'm fearing a entire shutdown. I was literally about to apply nematoads.

Thank you Purplehays1. I'm so not sure what to do. I'm organic so most chems are out for me.

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Pleasehelpme707 said:

Added nematoads and sprayed pots with sns203 for now.

Thanks folks for the help. There are definitely quite a few on the outside of the smarts probably dozens per. There just big enough to see them and that there white with the naked eye. No jumping and moderate to slow crawling about. No fear of me at all.....

The sns203 didn't even phase them. So maybe not aphids? This sucks folks I'm a pretty sick person and this throws a major loop.

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I'm willing to bet its the hypoaspis miles/beneficial soil mite.
Last time I had the hypoaspis, it was right after an outbreak of sprintails. First went the springtails, and then so did the soil mites on there own. Not sure where i picked up them soil mites, but it fucking tripped me out seeing millions of them scattering right after watering.

So you do see them moving when you look? and they seem to only appear on the outside of the pots? Tell me, have you previously had spider mites?