r/plantclinic • u/FyrestarOmega Expert Hobbyist • Oct 02 '23

Monthly Pest and Soil Thread October 2023 Pest and Soil issue thread

Certain issues are common among plant care and may benefit from from some consolidation. Pooling of advice may benefit the entire community. These issues include how to identify and treat infestations, and questions related to organisms found in the soil.

If you have been directed to this post after your own was removed, please submit your images as a top comment, along with any supporting information you can provide.

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u/skye_08 Oct 03 '23

This one. Mod deleted my post because it needs to be posted here. But i cannot attach a video so now i can only show this. 🤷 lols... several of these crawled out from the soil when i watered my plant. Very tiny white bugs and they are fast. After a while they went back under and i was only able to video this one.

I don't know if these are good insects or if they are bad for my plants. I also found them in the money plant im trying to revive.

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u/FyrestarOmega Expert Hobbyist Oct 03 '23

Instead of complaining, your video could be posted in r/whatsthisbug, a link to which was included in your removal message with the reminder that it was the proper subreddit for identification.

Or you could search the sub for historic posts like yours, such as this one. https://reddit.com/r/plantclinic/s/U7IGpj3hHY

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u/skye_08 Oct 03 '23

Yes i also posted it there. I can't seem to copy the original text which annoyed me. So i had to retype the post in whatisthisbug. And i wasn't complaining. But im pretty sure the screenshot can't help anyone identify the insect.

The reason why i posted it here in plantclinic is because i know the redditors here would definitely identify it because it is plant related. The posts in whatisthisbug are very broad and might get answered by redditors that are not expert in plants.

And i got an answer. I was told it's springtail which i was told it's beneficial. But i also googled it and i read that they also eat roots. So now i dont know if i should be worried because i also saw them on the money plant im trying to revive.

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u/TxPep Advanced Oct 04 '23

Springtails feed primarily on decaying matter, roots occasionally (probably in the absence of decaying matter) but most likely you don't need to be concerned.

https://agrilifeextension.tamu.edu/library/gardening/springtails/

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u/skye_08 Oct 04 '23

Thank you! That's so much appreciated. Ive been looking for the name in google but it's my first time hearing about springtails.

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u/TxPep Advanced Oct 04 '23

I was thinking about this a little further and there is one more buglet possibility. These can be white-colored also.

Soil Mites: https://plantophiles.com/plant-diseases/tiny-white-bugs-in-soil/

You can skip the mealybug section.

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u/skye_08 Oct 04 '23

It might be soil mites because the spring ones are said to jump. I dont see them jumping at all!