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Thrips?

Posted: December 8th, 2015, 10:53 am
by Redsonic
Lots of little black spots on the underside of new leaves on my Schefflera. I scraped off some of the "spots" and photographed them with my $15 iPhone macro lens:

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Reckon they are thrips?

Re: Thrips?

Posted: December 8th, 2015, 1:17 pm
by KIRKY
Nope, Aphids?
Cheers

Re: Thrips?

Posted: December 8th, 2015, 2:25 pm
by longd_au
100% Aphid

Re: Thrips?

Posted: December 8th, 2015, 4:31 pm
by Redsonic
Yep, I've checked some photos and they are definitely aphids. Thanks guys.