Thrips.

Yep. They look like thrips to me too.

As for treatment, I've had great success stopping them with plain, simple water.
Thrips need a dry place to reproduce, so if you wet the whole plant down, including under the leaves, every second morning for a couple of weeks, you can drastically reduce their numbers.
It's hard to get rid of them entirely - and even if you do, more will often come - but once their numbers are under control, an occasional hose-down will keep it that way.

Hosing works better on some species of thrips than others, but it usually makes some difference in my experience.

I've also heard that neem oil spray is very effective at getting rid of them, though I haven't tried it.

- Sparkey

I'll vote for the neem oil, based on my experience with it. But try the plain water first.

Thanks so much for the very informative responses!!! I will hose them down until I can get the neem oil. Have a great weekend!

No sweat!
I hope it works!

really??? ... did you guys miss your IPM notes last night???

first.. two bugs NEVER requires any action ... and she provides no history of more than those shown ... and you want to to slather one neem????

i would not use anything on creeping jenny ...

crikey.. its an invasive in most places [though maybe not in hanging bags.. lol.. but any piece that falls off.. will start the whole garden invasion ...]... i dont know how any bug could kill it ...

i would want to make sure they are ON the CJ... and not visiting from plants that might really need an intervention ...'

do NOT spray your plants with anything more than water ... until they show some damage.. which you can attribute to this bug ... we do not live in a perfect Disney movie.. where the garden is bug free .. its good to know what it is.. but we rarely need to act .... that is IPM ...

ken