little black bugs?

[fatalherb]

Indoor setup.
I have a bug problem but i dont know what they are. the bugs are too small to take a picture but i will describe them. They are black, .2 cm long, if you look at the cm side of the ruler and look at the tiny lines...thats the size of em.


Can you tell what it is?

[blackdomina]

im guessin spider mites

[fatalherb]

really. ive never seen spider mites other than on google, but these look long than spider mites. but then again i dont know anything about bugs.

[fatalherb]

heres a pic . i know its not a good pic but at least its something visual.

[PharmaCan]

Do they fly? It's hard to tell anything from your pic but that's about the size of a fungus gnat. Check around the surface of your soil and see if there are more hanging out there.

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[fatalherb]

I think your right about the nat. i saw something flying around, but it wasnt a fly. Is this bad and how do i kill em without killing my babies?

[PharmaCan]

They're not terribly bad for your plants. More of an annoyance but also an indicator that something is too wet. Check for excess moisture somewhere in your grow environment.

I use those yellow sticky insect catcher thingies. Set one on your pot rim and the gnats will be gone pretty quickly.

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[fatalherb]

I dont have that sticky stuff but i will try some tape colored yellow if that will work.

I picked up one of the bugs and it had wings so its a gnat for sure.

[fatalherb]

i have tons of diatomacious earth(spelling may be wrong) how much should i use?

[IgetSoFunky]

i had the same problem when i was growing recently, ironicly it look like they were getting stuck to tri's on the plant. I recently harvested and had to pick them all off with twissors ( i dont want to smoke them, lol), before hanging them to dry. I inquired about them before on here and found that alot of growers use the yellow fly traps. Next time i will set them out before flower, so i dont have the same problem. It might be your best bet.

[PharmaCan]

I dont have that sticky stuff but i will try some tape colored yellow if that will work.

I picked up one of the bugs and it had wings so its a gnat for sure.

It might. Can't hurt.

I've never heard of using diatramicious earth, but that stuff is really dense and I don't think you'd really want it in your pot. jmo

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[fatalherb]

i heard that it kills them by dehydrating them. also that it is similar to perlite.

[PharmaCan]

DE is the fine, powdery stuff they use in swimming pool filters. If it kills the bugs by dehydrating them, it would only work from when you applied until your next watering, so what's the point. Anyway, those little sob's really seem attracted to the yellow sticky traps so use those... or put your yellow tape in there right now and see if it starts catching bugs. If it does, you're home free.

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[HighTillIDie]

go to walmart and get a HOTSHOTS, nopeststrip... works for everything... flies, moths, spidermites, ladybugs... i only see death

[fatalherb]

I like dead bugs. i will make a trap out of yellow tape cuz im still fixing the overheating on my car(so close but yet so far) damn fords!!!