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A while back (over a year ago) I noticed some "pitting" on the leaves of my plants in compots. I bought a mix of biologicals to target what I thought was causing the pitting, broad mites.
I haven't noticed any progression of the "pitting" on the new growth and even in newly introduced compots since then appear to be fine.
Recently, I soaked a few plants in a bucket of water and noticed a high number of black bugs that sort of resemble thrips. I've seen them before but figured they were sacrophytes eating the bark. However, I noticed a lot of these guys on plants only in spagnum moss.
Attached is a picture of the "pitting" on some older leaves. I also tried to take a picture of the dark bugs I've been seeing (though being tiny and not staying still made the image difficult to capture).
Any thoughts about these dark bugs? They don't "seem" to be causing problems, I hardly see them on the leaves of the plants.
I haven't noticed any progression of the "pitting" on the new growth and even in newly introduced compots since then appear to be fine.
Recently, I soaked a few plants in a bucket of water and noticed a high number of black bugs that sort of resemble thrips. I've seen them before but figured they were sacrophytes eating the bark. However, I noticed a lot of these guys on plants only in spagnum moss.
Attached is a picture of the "pitting" on some older leaves. I also tried to take a picture of the dark bugs I've been seeing (though being tiny and not staying still made the image difficult to capture).
Any thoughts about these dark bugs? They don't "seem" to be causing problems, I hardly see them on the leaves of the plants.