White Worms?

aim900

Member
Hey guys,

I've been around for a while but don't post much, because I can always find the answer I need by doing a search.

This one I can't seem to find anywhere. Maybe these things are in a larval stage or something, but I can't figure what the hell they are. They don't move (that I can tell). I've been trying to take a pic with my handheld microscope, but no luck. So I'm attaching a photo.

Under a microscope they look like they have a sheen/translucency to them, but they are solid white. Could it be something left behind by something else? They don't seem to be alive or have any features. I had a spider mite problem, but I caught it early & have been switching between 3 treatments every week or so (after the initial few weeks of every 3 days). Haven't seen one since. Still a million eggs, but no mites!

So these things are very small, but can easily be seen with the naked eye. They were on a top sugar leaf. Haven't seen any more, but haven't gone through every leaf yet. This one finger of the leaf was the only one with damage - the others (on the same leaf) are fine.IMG_5634.jpeg

I'm growing in 5 gal SmartPot, soil: FFOF/Perlite (no MG), Mykos at transplant, basic organic nutes: 11-3-8 with micronutrients (1/4 - 1/2 of recommended because I'm also topdressing now & then with FFOF, and am a couple weeks into flower. Lighting: SF2000, 2X4 tent with only ONE plant.
 

Southernontariogrower

Well-Known Member
Hey guys,

I've been around for a while but don't post much, because I can always find the answer I need by doing a search.

This one I can't seem to find anywhere. Maybe these things are in a larval stage or something, but I can't figure what the hell they are. They don't move (that I can tell). I've been trying to take a pic with my handheld microscope, but no luck. So I'm attaching a photo.

Under a microscope they look like they have a sheen/translucency to them, but they are solid white. Could it be something left behind by something else? They don't seem to be alive or have any features. I had a spider mite problem, but I caught it early & have been switching between 3 treatments every week or so (after the initial few weeks of every 3 days). Haven't seen one since. Still a million eggs, but no mites!

So these things are very small, but can easily be seen with the naked eye. They were on a top sugar leaf. Haven't seen any more, but haven't gone through every leaf yet. This one finger of the leaf was the only one with damage - the others (on the same leaf) are fine.View attachment 4963124

I'm growing in 5 gal SmartPot, soil: FFOF/Perlite (no MG), basic organic nutes: 11-3-8 with micronutrients (1/4 - 1/2 of recommended because I'm also topdressing now & then with FFOF, and am a couple weeks into flower. Lighting: SF2000, 2X4 tent with only ONE plant.
Dont have a clue but its not good!
 

aim900

Member
Okay, I just wasn't sure what it is - as to how to treat it.

Completely white - no head/no markings of any kind. Weird.
 

aim900

Member
It's weird alright.

They weren't even moving at all. I attached a photo of one under a microscope, but I don't have scope lens for my iPhone, so I did the best I could. Sorry for the blur. They're shiny, but opaque. Not skin shed by something. Pure white with no markings whatsoever.

Well, as someone already mentioned, it doesn't really matter what it is. I want it gone and have already treated with Captain Jack's. Gonna hang a no pest strip (in my tent) in the next few days too, for good measure.
 

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