Novice Gardner- bugs are back!

Discussion in 'Garden Pest Management and Identification' started by KariBrooke, May 27, 2008.

  1. KariBrooke

    KariBrooke Member

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    I live in southern Nevada, and have very very tiny, thin, grey bugs that were inside the fruit of what is left of my half dead Apricot tree. I sprayed with an organic oil based pesticide and the mostly went away. I also picked all the fruit off the tree.

    However, it rained lightly for 3 days, and now they are EVERYWHERE! I lifted the dog’s water bucket and found what seemed like thousands of them. I also have two thyme plants and some mint that I just bought in the front yard (I haven't transplanted them into my garden yet, they are still in their original buckets) and they are crawling all over them too! I also have a very large out of control Fig tree in the front yard, but so far it seems to be bug free.

    I don't even know what kind of bugs they are. The look a little like sowbugs, but they are really really small and hard to assess. We had a really bad cockroach infestation when we first bought the house, but haven't seen any for months. Could they be baby cockroaches?

    Does anyone have any suggestions or any idea what these bugs might be? I need help!
     
  2. joclyn

    joclyn Rising Contributor

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    can you take some pics and post them?
     
  3. lorax

    lorax Rising Contributor 10 Years

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    Pictures will help us immensely; you can also cross-post your pictures for ID over at BugGuide. Whatever it is, we'll try to figure it out!
     

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