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THRIPS CONTROL
Tiny yellow spots on your garden plants? Might be thrips… learn all about thrips control here.
THRIPS CONTROL PLANT DAMAGE
Leaves
will be finely-speckled with whitish or yellow spots, occasionally
progressing to a silvery metallic-looking sheen. They may turn brittle
and dotted with black thrip feces. Look closely and you will find the
culprits.
INSECT APPEARANCE
Thrips
look like tiny worms with legs (about 1/16" long). They are fairly
quick-moving bugs. Shake a branch and you can see them run. You may also
find black specks (bug feces).
TREATING LIGHT INFESTATION
Catch 'em if you can and squash them. Persevere and persist and you may just get the upper hand.
BIOLOGICAL WARFARE
Encarsia formosa (parasitic wasps); predatory mites; Green Lacewings
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CHEMICAL WARFARE
Treat with Safer's Insect Killing Soap; Don’t Bug Me Pyrethrum; Neem Oil
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