is this spider mites

I just saw the damage to a few leaves a couple of days ago and it seems to be spreading. It's small, white, indentations on the top of the leaves near the top of the plant. I don't see anything on the bottom of the leaves, no large egg colonies or webs. But, I do see very tiny black dots right around the white spots so I think its mites.

These are the best pics I can get right now and I don't have a magnifying glass (just got a 30x loupe on ebay today)



This is a Big Bang plant just starting it's 5th week of flowering (in soil), it's very healthy and it's my first grow so please help me out with this. thank you

after looking at more pics it seems it may be thrips, can some1 please confirm this

looks like thrips to me!!!

get some azamax and douche your plants every other day..it will get rid of the lil bastards.

I thought so, is azamax safe for flowering plants? should I still foliar feed with this or just put it in the soil

i really wouldnt spray anything on flowering plants...ive never applied azamax in the soil..if i had a bug problem i would try to conquer it in veg.

If you see tiny black specks as well, its thrips.