I’m growing this plant and I’ve noticed my plant has little white splotches on the leaves (first picture) . I’m concerned it’s a bug of some kind but I can only find these tiny little orange-ish looking bugs on the underside of the leaves. They started hopping around when I started investigating.
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Unfortunately pics didn’t come through so we can’t see. If you could try to upload again we will have a look and see what you are dealing with.
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Thanks for letting me know. I’ve added the pictures to the post again
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With your description of them and the way they move plus the pics im thinking leaf hoppers. I have used insecticidal soap spray against them before and that worked, I know other people use neem oil or other predator bugs against them like ladybugs and lacewings. It depends on what you have available to you really.
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If you turn off the automatic translator, the pictures are visible. 
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Thanks, I didn’t realise that.
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Aphlids there a sap sucker
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Whiteflies are larger. They look almost like tiny worms. If possible, try to photograph them with a microscope.
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If I’m being honest, I think these things might be thrips. They leave the same marks as well as damage. And from what I can see with the naked eye, they look similar to the pictures that I’ve seen
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Yes, they are thrips.
Predatory mites against thrips, in sachets for hanging on the plant, would be the best in the long run.
Regards and good luck with the control. Paule
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No they’re not thrips they’re afibs it’s a little tiny microscopic bug that ants eat and they sucks the sap out of your plant they killed all my wheel like you this year and I got a question for you guys when you have them bugs do you have a ant problem around your house?
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But yeah they’re aphids so however you spell it or whatever I’m 100% on this I guarantee that’s what they are I just had the same problem
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Aphids look different and are larger, even their young ones that don’t have wings yet. Their eggs are also larger. Usually, they are green or black. Furthermore, ants do not eat aphids but milk them; they are like farmers who keep them like on a farm. In my opinion, these are more likely thrips, also called bladder feet.
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To round out this fine post, whether the leaf damage be caused by thrips, aphids, mites or some other unnamed bullshit, I used diatomaceous earth around the base of the plant and took off the main damaged leaves and it definitely seems to have slowed them down. Since its still just growing and not flowering, I’m going to try neem oil on the leaves to kill the reminding adults and hopefully get rid of the problem for good
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