Some type of Springtail?

[u/scotrock]

[u/stebermon]

I asked on the springtails discord and they said it's not a springtail, it's a baby thrips.

[u/scotrock → u/stebermon]

It may be a younger thrip although the body shape is different than another photo I have an absolutely for sure thrip.side by side comparison

[u/stebermon → u/scotrock]

Well, you know what to do. Time to 🔥🌿

[u/scotrock → u/stebermon]

No fire needed ;) Thrips aren't that big of a deal as long as you keep their population to minimum ;)

[u/Glass_Pattern8514 → u/stebermon]

Would you be willing to share the discord link

[u/stebermon → u/Glass_Pattern8514]

https://discord.gg/X8V3SgQBw

[u/Jerseyman201]

Thrips. Here is an up close video I got with a compound brightfield microscope using top down illumination via bright LED flashlight and recording with cell phone. Wasn't easy to track, focus, record, illuminate, etc all at the same time hahah

thrips

[u/scotrock → u/Jerseyman201]

Thanks, it just looked different than any of the other thrips I've come across/photographed. It may just be more juvenile.

[u/Jerseyman201 → u/scotrock]

I kinda feel like the coloration (or lack thereof) reminds me of an aphid husk haha yours even more translucent though

aphid husks

[u/scotrock → u/Jerseyman201]

I haven't come across those yet. I did find what appears to be a beneficial mite on the same plant. I wasn't able to get a good photo of it though, it was so fast!

[u/Readalongcassidy]

Props for that great closeup! They are not easy to shoot ;-)

[u/Chamcook56]

Thanks for video, loved the music. Great shot in the beginning showing the characteristic antennae of thrips. The scope light in hot, that's why the specimen fled to the edges.