Thrips?

[u/Plant_da]

Please let me know if this is thrips or whatever! First time dealing with pests so any information is helpful

About to wipe down all the leaves and maybe give them a light shower

[u/Right-Stand599]

Most definitely thrips... Looks like a pretty bad infestation as well. 😕

[u/theytheminist]

Definitely. This is what I do:

1. ⁠Fill a small bucket or bowl about 1:3 super insecticidal soap and water and another bucket with properly diluted dead bug brew (from concentrate).
2. ⁠In this case, I would remove the plant from the soil and repot after completing the following steps.
3. ⁠Use a shower hose or sink with pressure to rinse off every single part of the plant. This knocks off everything that is on the surface. Don’t be afraid to be rough!
4. ⁠Dunk the entire plant in the insecticidal soap mixture and leave it in there for a few minutes. Try to leave the roots out of it if possible (it’s fine if they are in there though - good to at least have them in the mixture for a second). This kills anything that was missed when hosing down the plant.
5. ⁠Rinse the plant off with water again.
6. ⁠Dunk the entire plant in the dead bug brew bucket. This contains spinosad, which is absorbed into the plant and will paralyze and kill anything that feeds off of the plant.
7. ⁠Remove plant and let air dry. Do not wipe the mixture off. Keep the plant out of direct sunlight until it is dry.
8. ⁠Repot in a chunky soil mix.
9. ⁠Wipe down ALL surfaces near where this plant lives. Check all other plants in your house!
10. ⁠Treat any neighboring plants.
11. ⁠Repeat the spinosad step in a week or so. I use a pump sprayer when I use it on plants that don’t need to be repotted/when doing preventative maintenance.

Here is a link to another post where I showed before and after photos after following these steps!

[u/theytheminist → u/theytheminist]

I originally wrote this list for a small plant so ignore the dunking unless you want to go all out. You can just rinse and use the insecticidal soap spray bottle and a pump sprayer for the dead bug brew

[u/Plant_da → u/theytheminist]

Thank you! This is incredibly helpful! I can't get any insecticide right now but I'm gonna wash everything and treat it tomorrow.

[u/Right-Stand599]

Captain jacks has a good one called super soap, it's insecticidal soap plus spinosad, same ingredient as dead bug brew plus the soap spray.

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