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jcarney3

Unknown pest on plants and walls

jcarney3
12 years ago

I seem to have some sort of pest I've never seen before. I guess I don't know if it is a harmful pest, but I've never seen these things in all my years of indoor growing.

They're these tiny, brown/dark maroon, almost teardrop-shaped pods/shells. It's almost like they're some sort of tiny cocoon. But there are several of them - probably a hundred scattered about - always attached to something, and under the direct light.

They're attached to the walls and leaves of many of my plants. One of the pictures shows one of these hard-shelled "pods" attached to a grapefruit leaf. The other is shown next to a dime in order to give a grasp of size.

See link for pictures:

http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/20/imag0124xc.jpg/

http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/713/imag0125b.jpg/

Any ideas?

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