White fly looking insect in grow rooms

[Atlsfinest]

Just came across these white fly looking bugs on my black flood tray… I did leave run off on my trays for 2-3 days I know I know my fault could of been the breeding ground for several stuff. Has anyone ever seen these bugs ? You can see them with your eyes no need for scope

 

[Atlsfinest]

Also haven’t seen anything under leaves or top of leaves just crawling on the flood trays have seen some run back up into the medium. Read that they could be soil mites? Running promix up

 

[Lockebox]

They look like springtails

 

[jdog22]

hmm from what i found online... mealybugs?

 

[jdog22]

lmao if they spingtails its good if they mealybugs its bad xD

 

[Lockebox]

Lol they’re springtails

 

[jdog22]

well im glad you knew haha i could only try and help. never seem them before but at least their benifical, so you shouldnt need to kill them? i tend to google nearly everything everyone tells me here xD so now i know about them

 

[Lockebox]

well im glad you knew haha i could only try and help. never seem them before but at least their benifical, so you shouldnt need to kill them? i tend to google nearly everything everyone tells me here xD so now i know about them

I’ve just seen them a whole lot so I recognized em right away. Yeah you shouldn’t need to worry about them, they’re beneficial “shredders” but an over abundance of them can Indicate you’re soils too moist

 

[Lockebox]

An easy way to spot them is they pop like fleas

 

[Atlsfinest]

They look like springtails

Spring tails is what I have came up with as well. I don’t see anything under leaf’s and flying around just in the flood tray

 

[Atlsfinest]

hmm from what i found online... mealybugs?

Yes thank god it’s not mealybugs

 

[jdog22]

Spring tails is what I have came up with as well. I don’t see anything under leaf’s and flying around just in the flood tray

maybe just clean the ones up you can see so you ensure there arnt an abundance of them lurking :) spray abit of neem oil around the outside of your pots and water trays that should do the trick

 

[Deadstill]

Those are not flies they are springtails they are good don't kill them!!

If they show up you know you have a good ecosystem in your soil. Congrats!