Identify this insect!?

Dendrophilly

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There should just be one thread for identifying unknown critters, I am hoping to have this thread pin'd so it can be used for all future insect identification requests.

Please post here if you would like help identifying an insect; I am slowly learning them all and would be glad to help and learn with everyone.
 

Dendrophilly

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This immage looks kinda like half time siloette from pokemon [the anime].

Can anyone tell what this insect living in my soil is? It is very small, two milimeters long head to tail discluding antenna.
 

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stoned-monkey

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These might be two different bugs but they're awfully similar in size and shape. 1-2mm
kinda look like thrips. its hard to say from a picture at that distance but i would google thrips to check for yourself. thrips love plants though so if none are on the plants its probably not them. check underside of leaves especially.
or
perhaps a springtail (white one) does it jump when you try to touch it?

the white and black may be the same insect in different stages of development and/or molting.
 
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stoned-monkey

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This immage looks kinda like half time siloette from pokemon [the anime].

Can anyone tell what this insect living in my soil is? It is very small, two milimeters long head to tail discluding antenna.
you perhaps have a rove beetle on your hands. if it is your in luck, they are predators of little crawlies like mites and other small insects.
 

stoned-monkey

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close up and as detailed as possible picture.
where are they being found?- ie. soil, air, water reserves, plant itself, roots, etc
where are you?- ie state country region etc,
bugs behavior?- ie fast, slow, jump, webs, slime trail, eating your plant, attracted to something in particular, etc

the more details the better, lots of different insects and a lot that look very similar.
 

Axle4worc

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close up and as detailed as possible picture.
First let me say thank you. You're the first one one has even responded to this. This picture was taken at maximum magnification for a Galaxy S9 Plus. I have seen the white ones in the past and only recently realized that they were bugs. They are only as long as a nickel is thick.

They have been dosed twice with azamax.

Started having this trouble when I started using bricks of canna Coco.

I first used the azamax when I saw things on the bottom leaves of my plants. (Maybe thrips) At the time I did not have very good circulation. Once I got enough air circulating and the dose of azamax, I never saw them again on the plant.

I've been growing inside in Massachusetts since it was legalized here.

I have never seen them jump and I just see them moving around on the top of the Coco during watering. Never seen one on a flowering plant. And only that once on the veg plant.

I am considering killing my moms, sterilizing some cocoa and starting with new seeds.
 

stoned-monkey

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First let me say thank you. You're the first one one has even responded to this. This picture was taken at maximum magnification for a Galaxy S9 Plus. I have seen the white ones in the past and only recently realized that they were bugs. They are only as long as a nickel is thick.

They have been dosed twice with azamax.

Started having this trouble when I started using bricks of canna Coco.

I first used the azamax when I saw things on the bottom leaves of my plants. (Maybe thrips) At the time I did not have very good circulation. Once I got enough air circulating and the dose of azamax, I never saw them again on the plant.

I've been growing inside in Massachusetts since it was legalized here.

I have never seen them jump and I just see them moving around on the top of the Coco during watering. Never seen one on a flowering plant. And only that once on the veg plant.

I am considering killing my moms, sterilizing some cocoa and starting with new seeds.
it sounds like thrips, i would check your plants with a magnify glass very well. had them once never noticed until i happen to see it move on a bud i was scoping. azamax should take care of them, but maybe a predator bug like ladybugs. ladybugs are more effective in pest management then a lot of crap i have used in the past.
 

Dendrophilly

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Ok guys, I didnt mean to set up a guessing game so if you dont know please let someone who does answer the question.

Im 100% sure these are not thrips or springtails. Thank you to the one guy who was able to provide aditional pictures of the same insect i am trying to identify.

If you have another insect you need to ID you can post it here with details of its size and habitat.
 

Jypsy Dog

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Ok guys, I didnt mean to set up a guessing game so if you dont know please let someone who does answer the question.

Im 100% sure these are not thrips or springtails. Thank you to the one guy who was able to provide aditional pictures of the same insect i am trying to identify.

If you have another insect you need to ID you can post it here with details of its size and habitat.
Ok guys, I didnt mean to set up a guessing game so if you dont know please let someone who does answer the question.

Im 100% sure these are not thrips or springtails. Thank you to the one guy who was able to provide aditional pictures of the same insect i am trying to identify.

If you have another insect you need to ID you can post it here with details of its size and habitat.
It's about this big.... NO GUESSING!!!
 

Beachwalker

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I'm pretty sure they're not German cockroaches. They never grow more than one or two mm. I've seen some of those cockroaches in Wusstah and some of them are over 6 feet tall.
Oh now I'm getting the size difference, the one I killed, while it looked almost exactly like that it was almost half inch long I'm pretty sure it was a roach, sorry bud I'll go back and delete so you can keep your thread less choppy
 

jondamon

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This immage looks kinda like half time siloette from pokemon [the anime].

Can anyone tell what this insect living in my soil is? It is very small, two milimeters long head to tail discluding antenna.
This to me undoubtedly is a springtail of sorts.

It looks to most Definately be from the hexopod family.


Try searching hexopod and see if anything matches for definate.
 
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