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Mystery Pest (Insect)??

halocline
8 years ago

Hi everyone,

I just bought my first Plumeria at the end of November. It was fully leafed out; so I put it near my grow lights.

I guess I was so excited to have found one at this time of year that I didn't pay much attention, but after I got it home I noticed some damage to some of the leaves. I thought it might have been getting ready to go dormant, but as it continued to push new growth; those leaves began showing blemishes.

I inspected the tree with my 10x mag glass expecting to find Spider Mites, but that wasn't it. What I found was some long (one mm at most) narrow orangish, rather fast moving bugs. They were on both the top and bottom of the leaves, I also found quite a few hiding in the crease of the petiole. So I defoliated the whole tree except for the 2 newest leaves; and thoroughly sprayed it off, then I set it at an angle and drenched it with a mix of Rubbing Alcohol & water then rinsed it.

The tree continued to grow even though I set it aside from the lights, but the bugs are still there. My Macro setting doesn't work; so I cant get a photo of one.

I repeated the alcohol treatment tonight, and it continues to put out new growth.

Does anyone know what I might be dealing with here? I have Bayer 3 in 1, and Monterey Neem Oil RTU, but I don't think those are safe to use indoors.

Thanks for reading.

Rob

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