Are these aphids or mites?

[FabricLiveBaby!]

Bastards are attacking my zebra plants.

 

[Pickman's model]

Look like aphids to me

 

[Pickman's model]

When I was growing chillis last year had the little bastards till I repurposed a little plastic bottle with a spray, round the size of a small perfume bottle, and sprayed water on the leaves and picked the fuckers off every day

 

[Steel Icarus]

I think mites given their fondness for zebra plants

No YOU just Googled

 

[FabricLiveBaby!]

I'm gonna aphid spray every couple of days to see if that helps. If not Ill do mit spray after

 

[FabricLiveBaby!]

I'm gonna aphid spray every couple of days to see if that helps. If not Ill do mit spray after

 

[iona]

Can't really see them well, are you able to get a zoomed in pic that's in better focus? Either way, I'd give the leaves a good blast under the shower to remove as many as possible, then spray the leaves down with soapy (washing up liquid) water or pesticide, then put them back well away from any unaffected plants (horizontal distance, not just vertical - they'll climb to plants above and can fall off onto plants below)

 

[story]

I don’t know but I thought I’d offer this useful tip for making pesticide .


You can soak cigarettes or the butts or tobacco in hot water, strain and use that water as an effective pesticide. Add a bit of soap or dishwashing fluid to make it stick.

https://www.hunker.com/12127114/how-to-make-and-use-organic-pesticide-from-tobacco

Traditionally used to treat headlice.