Greetings,

I went in to my grow tent last night to do my daily inspection and prepare to feed when I noticed a small branch that I had clipped off and missed a couple days ago was lying on the floor. I picked it up to dispose of it and noticed a large amount of tiny black bugs all over the stem. Upon magnified inspection, they appeared to be shaped like spider mites, but were much larger, visible without magnification and black or black/green in color. After disposing of the branch, I inspected my grow tent and noticed a large amount of these mites running around on the floor and congregating in the corners. They are large enough that I could see them moving from across the room. I vacuumed them up as best I could, but they were coming out of nowhere and would show back up a few minutes later. They walk pretty fast. I noticed them on the rims of my pots and some in the soil, I vacuumed them up as best I could as well. I did not notice any on the plants themselves though, nor any tell tale signs of mites on the leaves. I fed as planned, flooded out the floor, noticed many more of them in the water and shop vac'd them all up. I am planning to hit the girls with neem oil tonight and will keep a close eye on them.

Can anybody tell me what type of bugs these might be? I have also been having a slight problem with little black flies, the type that you often see around house plants. They are starting to get stuck on the leaves. I put a Hot Shot Pest Strip in there about a month ago and it would appear it's not working. Any suggestions on how to deal with these pests is welcome. I am 4 weeks into flower BTW.

Thanks for your time.
Tha206 Reviewed by Tha206 on . Mites...but not spider mites? Greetings, I went in to my grow tent last night to do my daily inspection and prepare to feed when I noticed a small branch that I had clipped off and missed a couple days ago was lying on the floor. I picked it up to dispose of it and noticed a large amount of tiny black bugs all over the stem. Upon magnified inspection, they appeared to be shaped like spider mites, but were much larger, visible without magnification and black or black/green in color. After disposing of the branch, I Rating: 5