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What are these things?
Came back home tonight and looked closer at my moms monstera to see all these light yellowosh insects
#monstera #pestid
Came back home tonight and looked closer at my moms monstera to see all these light yellowosh insects
#monstera #pestid
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Yes those look like thrips to me too, I just had these a few months ago. My monstera is a lot smaller though so it was easier to manage and make the much needed chops to very infested leaves. But I used a mix of 1/4 rubbing alcohol with 3/4 water in a spray bottle and wiped the leaves and stems and everything off twice a week for at least a month to get rid of the current ones. Then I went to once a week to get any that hatch from hidden eggs or come in again. I haven’t seen any for a month or two now, so hopefully this helps! Oh and quarantine and check other nearby plants, I found thrips on all my other monsteras and some syngoniums because I didn’t catch it soon enough
@SimpleStarters that sucks. I was still in a bit of denial I suppose. I'll head out tomorrow to get some isopropyl alcohol
@FunJacaranda did a big isolation ward room will all the plants i saw a thrip on. Others probably have them too, but if i can separate the severe cases and mild to two rooms i'll be happy
Gosh this sucks sp baaad, the big monstera has it the worst to be honest
Gosh this sucks sp baaad, the big monstera has it the worst to be honest
@Nettle oh no that’s a lot of plants😢 yeah definitely isolate the not as bad from the bad cases because thrips can fly in the adult form (hence the severe spread). I also just remembered I used blue sticky traps (they’re more attracted to blue than yellow) to help limit adult movement and monitor how many adults I still have floating around. Seriously though, good luck!
@FunJacaranda i think i'm gonna need to trash so many leaves, uhgg this is hearbreaking
Im gonna order some blue stickies, thank you so much for the tip!
Im gonna order some blue stickies, thank you so much for the tip!