New Grower Is this dirt or the bastard eating my girls?!?

[Chief Keif]

Woke up this morning to a disturbing site...Holes in my leaves. This is my first grow so I immediately took to the google machine...and like webMD...They either have 40 seconds to live or there's nothing wrong. I took pictures with a microscope and can't tell if this is dirt or the culprit? I think I see a leg or antenna...

 

[Chief Keif]

I found the culprits this evening...Fucking Earwigs!! I went out to the green house tonight to tuck the girls in and I found those little bastards on 4 out of 5 plants eating away!.

 

[Waira]

bingo!-- that was my first suspect... dine & hide fuckers, the holes they make are pretty tell-tale,... most any safe spray will snuff them, Tanglefoot glop (a sticky paste like product) in a ring around the stem base will snag them as well... Diatomaceous earth works too, though in the pots it won't last long due to watering....