Is something is eating my plant?? whiteflies

xm177e2

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Is my plant is being eaten by something?.. I can't see anything on the bottom of the leaves with a magnifying glass. The holes started very small at the base of the leaves and as they grew, so did the holes. There aren't too many new holes but I do see some small ones forming on some of the newer growth, they are yellow holes. Any advice?? I attached a pic of the worst spot.. how can I figure out what is causing this, and what can I do to take care of it? I have read that this can be caused by pH issues.. and my pH was off for quite a while. If its bugs, I was thinking one of those doctor doom foggers, as it seems easy to do. I can't really figure out how I could spray the plants because the light is on them 24/7 and I cant put them under the light with any liquid on the leaves EDIT: I think its whiteflies.. I see tons of little white specs flying around when I hit the plants with a fan.. then they all settle back onto the leaves. I'm going to the hydro store tommorow to buy some pesticide and I ordered a Dr Doom fogger off the internet. Any suggestions would be great
 

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xm177e2

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anybody? someone has to have dealt with these before.. I ran a search but as usual.. everyone has different ways of dealing with it.
 

Total Head

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i realize this thread is a million years old but i've been searching for 45 minutes straight through the bowels of this site and that pic is the only one i have found with identical damage to my plant. i'm on a loner computer and can't access my own pics, but that is what it looks like.

it starts on the front of the leaf and works its way toward the underside. the damage at first looks like small slits, always near the outer edges of the leaf. when i flip the leaf and look underneath it just looks wrinkled, as if the damage on the front shrivled it and is about to break through. i could tell it had been eaten so i broke out the scope and i had to REALLY look but there was some kind of cylidrical shaped brown bug thing all nestled in one of the slits. it's difficult to describe and my hands are shaky so holding still to maintain focus was a project. it did not look like thrips or anything else in the pics that everyone posts of their bugs.

i first saw this last week on a plant that is 5 weeks into flower, and today i found the same on a plant i just put in there last week. it always seems localized to one leaf, but all fingers. i've seen this on only 3 leaves total since last week, nowhere near each other. the damage always looks exactly the same.

all i have on hand is some organic insecticidal soap, which may very well do the trick, but if anyone can identify this damage and point me toward some more info i would be most appreciative. i'd love to know what this is and where it came from, especially since i'm going on my 3rd year of growing at this address and i've never had bugs.
 
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