Is this a fungus gnat?
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CaliRootz88
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CaliRootz88
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Given the wing span to body I’d vote fungus gnat 
DoubleAtotheRON
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Fungus Gnat. Body style and wing length is a dead giveaway...which is the better of the 2 evils. Both can have the "dual exhaust" tail tips.
DoubleAtotheRON
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That's your ticket!.. Order some sticky traps from AMZ and the BTI as well. Try to cover your pot tops with the traps.. they like to lay thier eggs in the first couple of millimeters of the topsoil. The BTI as a soil drench will kill the larvae. May take a while to break the cycle, but it works.
ProPheT 216
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Things I don't miss since switching to dwc
DrDukePHD
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You mean lay the yellow stickies down on top of the soil? Like completely cover all the soil with them? Or put a few sticking out of the soil around the pot top?
The ones i have got a little triangle to stick in dirt (a post) & a flower shaped stickie area.
DoubleAtotheRON
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I use these T tags to hold it a couple of inches above the soil. Standby, I'll go take a pic.... I don't have FG right now, but I always have them on the plants from the beginning just as and "early warning system".
DrDukePHD
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I treated this soil with dunks a week ago, & then bought/used Microbe-Lift 5 days ago just as a preventative. Go figure lol, at least i was prepared & have the tools on hand
DoubleAtotheRON
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Like this..
DrDukePHD
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Ahhh you've got large sheets of stickie & you prop it up, cool, whats that brand of stickie called ill buy some asap, thanks man
ProPheT 216
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DoubleAtotheRON
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Hahaha!... I almost sent you my account access.
These....
These....
DoubleAtotheRON
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Thanks man!... I do have alot of elbow room in there for sure!... Im old, I need it.
DoubleAtotheRON
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I think you can buy 20 or 30 count, but I always buy the 80's... just make sure they're big. .. like 8 inches. They can be from another company, they all come from China anyways.
Lenin1917
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Yep, soil drench with bti will wipe most of em out, neem spray in veg will keep ‘em off the plants mostly too. Late fall-early spring you can order nematodes, predator mites and rove beetles to put in your soil. You can order them year round but survival rate shipping when it’s hot is very low.
DrDukePHD
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Allright thanks AAron (fixed!) appreciate it & yea i agree... wish I had that huge barn of yours. Lucky!!!
Guess i should treat ALL the other houseplants now too eh?
DoubleAtotheRON
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It's Aaron, but I've been called worse. LOL!.... I have those fuckers in the house sometimes, and I don't even have any plants in here. I drink alot of wine tho... maybe that's what's attracting them.
DrDukePHD
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I got a bottle of Harris cold press neem oil, should i go ahead & hit the leaves + soil tomorrow? Guess I gotta wait another day at least to water in BTI, since already watered plants yesterday?