Bug identification.

[Joebud]

I spotted this micro bug on my banana peppers and bell peppers. There are at least a dozen of these. It appears to be damaging the peppers and leaves. The pictures are through a ten times micro scope.

 

[Opie1]

Looks like it could be thrips, in their early stages

 

[Opie1]

And those are something you definitely don’t want

 

[Joebud]

I appreciate the info. I am going to use General Hydroponics Exile today. Thanks @Opie1 kenobi

 

[Joebud]

I lost the mixing directions. I put one table spoon of Exile in one gallon of water. It looked strong and bubbly.

 

[Fiddler's Green]

Good luck vato.
Maybe next round you could prep the battlefield with a cold water spray rinse, first to knock off any adults and then fire for effect with the exile.

 

[Joebud]

Great idea. I will do that next application.

 

[Joebud]

Well it has been almost a year since I posted here. My pepper plants have succumb to something new. Here are some pictures.

 

[NoWaistedSpace]

Well it has been almost a year since I posted here. My pepper plants have succumb to something new. Here are some pictures. View attachment 129750View attachment 129751View attachment 129752View attachment 129753

What is that in the last pic?
Aphid larvae exoskeleton pcs.?
Are those bumps like a callus or a transparent blister?
A blister is an incubator/greenhouse for insect eggs of some kind..

 

[Joebud]

I am not sure what it is. The last two pictures are of the specs on the leaf with a microscope hook to my phone at 60x. They feel like salt crystals.

 

[NoWaistedSpace]

It looks like insect damage. I had some tiny little callused over chew marks and some yellowish specs. Turns out, I think they were moth eggs and when they hatch, they are a catipillar that does a lot of damage if left unchecked. You have to check all the time until you kill every last one of them.
There's a possibility, they came from bird shit that dropped on the leaves.
If it's insects,
check the stem parts of your leaves connected to the stem. You'll find bruising from the bites and a trail of bug poop.
Follow that trail to the tops.

 

[Joebud]

At first I searched mildew. Then I found something called plant edema. Then I searched pepper plants with edema and found this.

looks similar?

https://aerogarden.com/learning/what-is-edema-on-plants.html

 

[NoWaistedSpace]

At first I searched mildew. Then I found something called plant edema. Then I searched pepper plants with edema and found this.

looks similar?

https://aerogarden.com/learning/what-is-edema-on-plants.html

Yep! That's it.
The bumps were concentrated on, and right next to the leaf veins and stems and made me think it was bugs.
If I see any patching or discoloration of any leaf on my plant, I remove it.
I also switch up the lighting source program on my camera and you can see problems you normally can't see with the nakid eye.
What causes the adema on the pepper leaves?
Nutes, heat and environmental stress, or something else?