Some stuff on my neps

[kentosaurs]

Hi guys...BUG!!??? Now im worried.....Tomorow afternoon i shall go check it out... I don't have a magnifying glass.....Anyways i do see small black colour bugs around on top and below the leaves...They are not as small as mites probally 1.5-2 times bigger..And also the look like the letter C with the "legs" at the curving part you get wat i mean?

Ken

[bactrus]

Think they're mites Ken. Black stuff? I was thinking of red spider mites or aphids. Red spider mites cause those indentationl on leaves. Best way to get rid of them is to keep the plant wet as they hate water. Mist two 3 times a day regularly. This method is chemical free as my orchid sifus thought me when my Phalaenopsis became infected. Bottom line, red spider mites hate moist damp condition.

Apihds, easy to get rid off. Just spray H20 (by Fumakila) on it. The black spots on the bottom leaves could be suger residue. Aphids suck plant juice then extrete (yes their feaces) sweet droppings for ants to feed on in exchange for protection. Absence of ants would mean these sweet droplets dropping to the bottom, in your case the bottom leaves where it cause balck spots.

Good idea to check other plants too.

[atmccmn]

Kent,

Your plant is infected by a form of scale inscent called fly speckle insect. I usually will thrive in area where there are minimal air ventilation. Usually ants are the vector for this scale insect. It will form a hard shell as a protection against any predator when mature Usually they have some sort of nectar gland that produce sweet nectar to attract ants to move their young around. Some ants even cultivate this insects as a form of 'food source' for their population.

There are several way to get rid of this scales. You can do it manually by washing the affected leaves and physically remove each and every one of it untill it's all clean. Some people apply diluted alchohol/ white spirit to the affected leaves.

If the infection is severe where you have hundreds of plants were infected. You have no other option to you a systemic insecticide with dimethioate as the active ingredient.

I would suggest you remove them by hand first. Leave it for a couple of weeks. Check back again for any repeating inffection. This will solve your problem.
Hope this helps.

[bactrus]

Looks like Andy has it spot on. Luckily I didn't become a doctor... Opps!

[kentosaurs]

So...bactrus u are saying andy is right? Anyways as for cleaning them off.....How just take them down and wash them over with water scrub them a little? Something like that?

Ken