What are these white bugs in my plants?

What are these white bugs in my plants?#330717

By Boarden -  Fri Mar 15, 2019 9:19 pm
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- Fri Mar 15, 2019 9:19 pm #330717

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Re: What are these white bugs in my plants?#330718

By Cross -  Fri Mar 15, 2019 9:20 pm
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- Fri Mar 15, 2019 9:20 pm #330718

They almost look like those weird little jumping things. Hopefully someone has an actual answer.

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Re: What are these white bugs in my plants?#330722

By Bob Beer -  Fri Mar 15, 2019 9:29 pm
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- Fri Mar 15, 2019 9:29 pm #330722

They are most likely a kind of Oribatid mite. Common in soils, they help break down rotting matter. Not a problem to the plants.

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Re: What are these white bugs in my plants?#330723

By Bob Beer -  Fri Mar 15, 2019 9:30 pm
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- Fri Mar 15, 2019 9:30 pm #330723

When I was a kid, I would actually use a toothpick to guide them into the mouths of Nepenthes seedlings. That’s some needliness right there. I had a lot of time.

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Re: What are these white bugs in my plants?#330724

By Cross -  Fri Mar 15, 2019 9:32 pm
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- Fri Mar 15, 2019 9:32 pm #330724

Bob Beer wrote:When I was a kid, I would actually use a toothpick to guide them into the mouths of Nepenthes seedlings. That’s some needliness right there. I had a lot of time.

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you sound like me feeding those soil gnats to my drosera lol

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Re: What are these white bugs in my plants?#330725

By Bob Beer -  Fri Mar 15, 2019 9:33 pm
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- Fri Mar 15, 2019 9:33 pm #330725

Hehe well nowadays I just hold a plant in the clouds of fruit flies in our composting bin outside!

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Re: What are these white bugs in my plants?#330737

By SundewWolf -  Sat Mar 16, 2019 12:44 am
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- Sat Mar 16, 2019 12:44 am #330737

Soil mites. but ps. that adelae is struggling needs some stronger light + probably fresh substrate and higher humidity.

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