Help identify these BUGS

[Smokey57]

I noticed the trays the pots were sitting in were holding water. Got lazy and left it for a couple days. I dumped it out and cleaned it, the surface of the water was covered in these bugs. The plant was starting to suffer by the lower leaves were all turning pale. Thought it was just the stagnant water but found these bugs. i cant find any on the plants, just on the surface of the stagnant water. lots of them.

Please help identify and suggestions on how to get rid of them.

Smokey

 

[myke]

larva of some sort,outside plants?

 

[Smokey57]

larva of some sort,outside plants?

they crawl around and jump a little

 

[myke]

lol,well they could be maggots.House fly larva maybe.Kill anything lately?

 

[Boatguy]

In my veggie garden, I had something like that in my earthbox's last summer outside, eventually i had gnats everywhere.
Looks like you got a shitload of whatever they are
They were literally crawling up the sides of the pots every morning, didnt see them later in the day.

 

[Smokey57]

real tough getting a picture of these guys hopefully this will turn out
they have 6-8 legs, forward tentacles, wing like things but they dont seem to fly but jump kind of. they seem to go to the water surface. it shows translucent but they are more opaque.
i think they are early stage white flies

smoky

 

[myke]

Thrip?

 

[Smokey57]

here is a picture off the net off white fly. this is what it is

 

[chef123]

You sure it´s not a Springtail?

 

[Smokey57]

You sure it´s not a Springtail?

Chef
Wow and I thought I had it figured out. The more I read about springtail, the more I am convinced you are correct. kudus to you. Thanks very much.

I just got some spinosad to spray the white flies, LOL, Looks like springtail are not a concern. No more stagnant water, and I dropped the temp down to low 70's for a couple days, I don't see anymore springtail. Now have to figure out what is causing yellowing of the leaves.

Thanks again

smokey