Pest identification help!!!

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I’ve seen a few of these crawling around d the brim of my plants, anyone know what this is? With my luck I doubt it’s anything beneficial, any help is appreciated! Thank you
 
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Looks like aphids 2 me but can you take a pic without the microscope??if it looks like rice they r aphids..
 
Jack og

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Phytoseiulus persimilis
At least that’s what it looks like to me.
It’s a 2spot mite predator, it’s beneficial. Now how it ended up where it has is the real question?
Did u release any?
What’s the grow conditions?
 
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blazeone44

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Looks like aphids 2 me but can you take a pic without the microscope??if it looks like rice they r aphids..
They are barely visible to the naked eye. I cannot take a picture without the scope. Some are white some are brown, guessing it’s different stages of their life cycle?
 
blazeone44

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Phytoseiulus persimilis
At least that’s what it looks like to me.
It’s a 2spot mite predator, it’s beneficial. Now how it ended up where it has is the real question?
Did u release any?
What’s the grow conditions?
Never released any beneficial insects, grow conditions are always consistent. 80F and 60-65%, watered once a day until slight runoff. Running canna coir. Roots are super white and plants don’t seem to be unhappy. Just a scary situation to say the least
 
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Never released any beneficial insects, grow conditions are always consistent. 80F and 60-65%, watered once a day until slight runoff. Running canna coir. Roots are super white and plants don’t seem to be unhappy. Just a scary situation to say the least
Just use Pyrethrin one week, follow with BT and monitor the situation, I’d say u are ok but the is an outbreak somewhere.
 
blazeone44

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Just use Pyrethrin one week, follow with BT and monitor the situation, I’d say u are ok but the is an outbreak somewhere.
Really appreciate the help! Would BTI (gnatrol) work or does it need to specifically be just the BT strain?
 
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