White fly looking insect in grow rooms

Atlsfinest · Sep 30, 2023

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 · Sep 30, 2023

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 · Sep 30, 2023

They look like springtails

jdog22 · Sep 30, 2023

hmm from what i found online... mealybugs?

jdog22 · Sep 30, 2023

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

Lockebox · Sep 30, 2023

Lol they’re springtails

jdog22 · Sep 30, 2023

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 · Sep 30, 2023

jdog22 said:
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 · Sep 30, 2023

An easy way to spot them is they pop like fleas

Atlsfinest · Sep 30, 2023

Lockebox said:
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 · Sep 30, 2023

jdog22 said:
hmm from what i found online... mealybugs?

Yes thank god it’s not mealybugs

jdog22 · Sep 30, 2023

Atlsfinest said:
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 · Sep 30, 2023

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!

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