Hi.
Ive just went to my drobe and notied loads of little white bugs crawling about the top of the soil.
I waterd yesterday, tbh i havent noticed them before.
the look like white spidermites, the have a few legs big round backs and antennas, and there all over my soil.
Ive been having probs with thrips and spidermite, andf some fungus gnats.
these dont look like any of the pics on here for FG larve or springtails..
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there also round the drainage holes too, and ive re checked and there is a load more gnats in there too.
So its could be the larve but im convinced they dont look like the pics.
So its could be the larve but im convinced they dont look like the pics.
they look similar to these.
Fungus gnat larvae are small white maggots with a brown head
What you have will be springtails mate i'll bet
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What you have will be springtails mate i'll bet
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Ive spotted the same things on my soil yesterday. Look nothing like springtails, they are more round, basically a white spidermite. Cant find anything on the boards... sorry to bring up and old thread. Will try and get a pic bit hard as they are tiny.
Soil Mites
QUOTE(oldtimer1 @ Aug 22 2008, 12:53 PM) 
If they are not harming your plants, why are you even thinking about this?
Anyhow they sound like soil mites, these are in every square inch of this planets top soil and are often found in compost, they are harmless to plants.
A sample pic of some soil mites:- Click to view attachment
Anyhow they sound like soil mites, these are in every square inch of this planets top soil and are often found in compost, they are harmless to plants.
A sample pic of some soil mites:- Click to view attachment
Thats good news, never seen them b4 in my life been growing over 5 years too.
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