Can you guys ID this bug?

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mobutu202

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Jun 22, 2024

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mobutu202

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Jun 22, 2024

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They're *really* small it just looks like dust on the sticky trap. Plant is a clone that was rooted in rockwool and transplanted to coco in a fabric pot.

 

Star Dog

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Jun 22, 2024

• #3

I'd say it's a springtail?

If they jump it's deffo springtails hence the name.

Springtails don't harm plants they're nothing to be concerned about.

 

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mobutu202

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Jun 22, 2024

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That looks like it they are not jumping because they are stuck to the Trap but that looks like it

 

Star Dog

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Jun 22, 2024

• #5

I think I can see their springy bit stuck behind them in your pics?

 

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mobutu202

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Jun 22, 2024

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Thanks for your replies! I had a mini panic attack when I saw these after spider mites thrips fungus gnats now this LOL

 

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Sean1776

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Aug 13, 2024

• #7

mobutu202 said:

Thanks for your replies! I had a mini panic attack when I saw these after spider mites thrips fungus gnats now this LOL

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I’m dealing with this now. Prob like a thousand in each pot. Were you able to mitigate it at all? I hear to many can be bad

 

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mobutu202

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Aug 13, 2024

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Watered from the bottom (coco in fabric pots) and used a neem spray and sticky traps. Got rid of them quickly