Does anyone know what these tiny white bugs could be? Seem to only be in one of my plants, very thin and very small.
http://imgur.com/Y0M7ZUl
http://imgur.com/Y0M7ZUl
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pests Tiny white bugs?
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Do they bounce or crawl, like bugs or worms?
They seem like little worms. Maybe 1/4mm wide and 1mm long. Come in and out of the soil, none on the plant itself.
Go to squish them, and they jump 1-2 inches
Go to squish them, and they jump 1-2 inches
Whiteflies perhaps....youngins
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Hard to tell from picture but similar looking to mealy bugs as well
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Hard to tell from picture but similar looking to mealy bugs as well
Mexican jumping beans in Toronto??? Maybe not impossible, but not likely, IMO.
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Here's a link you'll want to check out: http://www.buglogical.com/index.php?p=catalog&parent=1&pg=1
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I can't really see them from the photo you posted, but see if you can ID them from the pics in the link.
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Here's a link you'll want to check out: http://www.buglogical.com/index.php?p=catalog&parent=1&pg=1
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I can't really see them from the photo you posted, but see if you can ID them from the pics in the link.
They look like mealybugs, but they are not as round and the antennae are shorter.
I think the key to identifying these guys is the fact that they jump when touched.
Edit: found out they are springtails. Caused by overwatering and harmless.
I think the key to identifying these guys is the fact that they jump when touched.
Edit: found out they are springtails. Caused by overwatering and harmless.
I don't see anything in the picture but they sound like springtails. Is your potting mix old and soggy?
I found one in my soil as well heres a better photo -- they are quick!!
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I agree on the springtail diagnosis.
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FROM WIKIPEDIA:
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"Springtails are well known as pests of some agricultural crops. Sminthurus viridis, the 'lucerne flea', has been shown to cause severe damage to agricultural crops,[30] and is considered as a pest in Australia.[31][32] Also Onychiuridae are known to feed on tubers and to damage them to some extent.[33]However, by their capacity to carry spores of mycorrhizal fungi and mycorrhiza-helper bacteria on their tegument, soil springtails play a positive role in the establishment of plant-fungal symbioses and thus are beneficial to agriculture.[34] They also contribute to controlling plant fungal diseases through their active consumption of mycelia and spores of damping-off and pathogenic fungi.[35][36] It has been suggested that they could be reared to be used for the control of pathogenic fungi in greenhouses and other indoor cultures.[37][38]
Various sources and publications have suggested that some springtails may parasitize humans, but this is entirely inconsistent with their biology, and no such phenomenon has ever been scientifically confirmed, though it has been documented that the scales or hairs from collembolans can cause irritation when rubbed onto the skin.[39] They may sometimes be abundant indoors in damp places such as bathrooms and basements, and incidentally found on one's person.
More often, claims of persistent human skin infection by springtails may indicate a neurological problem, such as Morgellons Syndrome, or delusory parasitosis, a psychological rather than entomological problem. Researchers themselves may be subject to psychological phenomena. For example, a publication in 2004 claiming that springtails had been found in skin samples was later determined to be a case of pareidolia; that is, no springtail specimens were actually recovered, but the researchers had digitally enhanced photos of sample debris to create images resembling small arthropod heads, which then were claimed to be springtail remnants.[39][40][41] However, Hopkin reports one instance of an entomologist aspirating an Isotoma species and in the process accidentally inhaling some of their eggs, which hatched in his nasal cavity and made him quite ill until they were flushed out.[14]"
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FROM WIKIPEDIA:
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"Springtails are well known as pests of some agricultural crops. Sminthurus viridis, the 'lucerne flea', has been shown to cause severe damage to agricultural crops,[30] and is considered as a pest in Australia.[31][32] Also Onychiuridae are known to feed on tubers and to damage them to some extent.[33]However, by their capacity to carry spores of mycorrhizal fungi and mycorrhiza-helper bacteria on their tegument, soil springtails play a positive role in the establishment of plant-fungal symbioses and thus are beneficial to agriculture.[34] They also contribute to controlling plant fungal diseases through their active consumption of mycelia and spores of damping-off and pathogenic fungi.[35][36] It has been suggested that they could be reared to be used for the control of pathogenic fungi in greenhouses and other indoor cultures.[37][38]
Various sources and publications have suggested that some springtails may parasitize humans, but this is entirely inconsistent with their biology, and no such phenomenon has ever been scientifically confirmed, though it has been documented that the scales or hairs from collembolans can cause irritation when rubbed onto the skin.[39] They may sometimes be abundant indoors in damp places such as bathrooms and basements, and incidentally found on one's person.
More often, claims of persistent human skin infection by springtails may indicate a neurological problem, such as Morgellons Syndrome, or delusory parasitosis, a psychological rather than entomological problem. Researchers themselves may be subject to psychological phenomena. For example, a publication in 2004 claiming that springtails had been found in skin samples was later determined to be a case of pareidolia; that is, no springtail specimens were actually recovered, but the researchers had digitally enhanced photos of sample debris to create images resembling small arthropod heads, which then were claimed to be springtail remnants.[39][40][41] However, Hopkin reports one instance of an entomologist aspirating an Isotoma species and in the process accidentally inhaling some of their eggs, which hatched in his nasal cavity and made him quite ill until they were flushed out.[14]"
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