What are these bugs? What action should I take?

Hello.

I am growing in a small 60*60*160cm tent, a singe plant in a 20L air-pot, with a mix of coco and hydrocorn(clay pebbles?), I'm using Canna Coco, Canna Calmag and hydro silicon.

Everything has been going just fine but yesterday I spotted these bugs running around on the side of my air-pot, I have a USB microscope but the speed at which the bug is moving and the not-so-user-friendly-way of capturing images(it's a screenshot of a video playing) makes it very hard to focus and get a really good picture although I'm sure my microscope could do better(it' s not the cheapest and not the most expensive ether):
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I can see them running around on the rim of the air-pot and also in the medium close to the rim, sort of the area where the water(I hand water) isn't really getting to, though there aren't a great many that I can see, I haven't seen more than 10 all in all though I will probably be able to find more if I spend more time watching the rim and the outer most areas of the medium.
Also I can not find a single one (yet) on the actual plant, I've been turning over leaves and looking the plant over really carefully but I can't find any on the plant at all.

Do you recognize what sort of bug this is?

Should I be worried about them?
Even if they would turn out to be harmless I am still going to take action against them, I just don't know what the appropriate action is yet.

Should I perhaps spray the hole outside of the pot, as well as drown the medium/inside in water mixed with Pyrethrum 5EC?

Any advice would be much appreciated.

Regards
 

Snoopy808

Well-Known Member
I would be concerned but not worried yet. If plant seems fine now still dont ignore the critter. Do more research. Ask someone thats growing in your particular region if they recognize it.
Dont be too quick to act. You can impulse buy stuff you dont need or is too expensive or toxic to humans.
But dont ignore it either. Whether is benign or a pest its important to know.
Your plan to use pyrethrum is a good one if no other info or identification can be gained. And sometimes for peace of mind if in doubt. A root drench and spraying the pots should be fine . It think you know already, but it can be toxic when applied to the flowers so reccomend as a foliar when in veg not flowering.
 

nurrgle

Well-Known Member
I’d would say root aphids and you are potentially fucked.

There are a lot of good treatments. Some are toxic and work really well, some are non-toxic and don’t work for shit. Your dealing with one plant and if it isn’t in flower, I would consider restarting. If you are gonna keep them do a simple search for root aphid control and use what feels right.
 
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