Hello!
I have a big problem, many of my house plants started to show brown patches in the last few weeks, but i have figured i had to give them more water or keep them more moisturized.
Yesterday I discovered that most of the plants have a ton of tiny black bugs crawling around on them. They are so small that I can barely see them, hence why it took me so long to notice. Does anyone know what these bugs are and what i can do against them? My roommate told me to spray the plants will alcohol, wait an hour and then rinse them. I did this with a few of them but later saw a moving bug on the ones i had already "cleaned", would you agree that this is the right technique?
I will add a picture, but you really have to look very closely to see the bugs.
Thanks in advance!!

I can't see the bug well enough to compare but it may be thrips.

Juliaxxx said: Hello!
My roommate told me to spray the plants will alcohol, wait an hour and then rinse them.

Not comfortable confirming thrips, but that be my best guess.
A friend of mine does plant pests for a living, I'll see if he has an opinion.

Never tried that method exactly. I've always wiped them with rubbing alcohol, straight, using paper towels for leaves (top and bottom) or q-tips for stems and crannies.

Reading up on it I see everything from straight rubbing alcohol to 1:7 alcohol/water.

If they re-appear it could just be a new guest from an untreated part of the plant, and rubbing alcohol evaporates very quickly so won't have much impact on new arrivals. When sprayed on them directly it softens the waxy "shell" the have and allows them to dry out and die.

If you stick with that do it daily or more and be thorough. Never tried rinsing since it's gone so quickly.

If you still see them in a week I'd try neem.