pests tiny white bugs

[Minion s1]

i've noticed a bunch of these tiny white bugs (about the size of a spider mite) i havn't seen any on the plant, but they are all over the soil...any idea what these things are, and are they a problem?

 

[LGHT]

See if this helps.

http://www.thehotpepper.com/showthread.php?t=11075

 

[Minion s1]

they're more like white specks that crawl than worms

 

[LGHT]

ohh ok, probably the one bug I haven't found and have been treating on my plants (yet).

 

[Minion s1]

don't think they're a problem...after the top layer of soil dried, they seemed to have left.
im guessing they just liked the moist conditions after it rained for a couple days

 

[Aji Chombo]

I had a similar infestation of little white 'jumping' bugs in one pot containing a rocoto. Every time I waterd the pot, they'd jump something like three inches up in the air, even though they were only about 1mm long or less.

I did some quick googling, and I think they might be Springtails (yeah, wanted to sound more refined, so looked them up in wikipedia first, then somewhere else ), which shouldn't pose any danger to the plants (according to wikipedia)