My Cayenne plant has been attacked by thrips. I wasn't sure at first but I've confirmed it with a paper and lots of flicking the leaves.
I went looking for them after seeing damage on fresh leaf growth, as seen in the images below
I haven't really seen many, with only finding two when flicking all over the pepper, but going by the damage, I would assume there's more. I found this little bastard today:
What are the possible next steps in terms of fighting this? It's my first year growing and I've gotten terribly attached to all 5 of my plants. So far, I've only noticed damage on this one. Since I hopefully found this early as there isn't many of them on the leaves yet,I really hope further damage can be prevented.
I went looking for them after seeing damage on fresh leaf growth, as seen in the images below
I haven't really seen many, with only finding two when flicking all over the pepper, but going by the damage, I would assume there's more. I found this little bastard today:
What are the possible next steps in terms of fighting this? It's my first year growing and I've gotten terribly attached to all 5 of my plants. So far, I've only noticed damage on this one. Since I hopefully found this early as there isn't many of them on the leaves yet,I really hope further damage can be prevented.