What Are These Bugs

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MeanGreen420

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They are flying around on my light. I knocked one down and took a picture.
 
What are these bugs
ethcan

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Bugs this large are usually a non issue, as they are easy to eliminate. The reason why spider mites, thrips, broad/russets, root aphids, are that they generally reproduce very quickly and can hide. A bug like this could be squashed with a paper towel, and is not going to reproduce and build a colony without you knowing.
 
Madbud

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Not an expert but that looks like something that started as a grub. They gotta lay eggs someplace.
 
Jimster

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Not an expert but that looks like something that started as a grub. They gotta lay eggs someplace.

That's true, although a lot of bugs come out at this time of year (in the northern hem). I have only had 1 problem with an indoor grow with bugs in the soil, which were the sow/potato bugs...like little armadillos that curl up when you poke 'em and eat the roots off of your plants. I would think that by the time the grow was finished the bugs wouldn't have had much time to reproduce...but all bugs are different and just because I don't have a problem in Pittsburgh doesn't mean it doesn't happen in Hawaii.
Keep your eyes open and check the soil for root suckers and eggs! Good catch, Madbud!
 
SmithsJunk

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Bugs this large are usually a non issue, as they are easy to eliminate. The reason why spider mites, thrips, broad/russets, root aphids, are that they generally reproduce very quickly and can hide. A bug like this could be squashed with a paper towel, and is not going to reproduce and build a colony without you knowing.

Do not squish it with a paper towel. That looks like a type of blister beetle. If it is one and you get it's toxin on you it's gonna ruin your day.
 

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