Tiny white incects/bugs crawling in my coco??

[Work2much]

Got them as well. Little white suckers that run around the top after a watering. Mine do "spring" when agitated so they are springtails. Came free with my bio-bizz coco probably. They are not root aphids, and they don't seem to be doing any harm but they are tough to kill.

Bottom line, if the grow is rolling along then sterilize the room after you're done this run, clean the pots, bug bomb etc etc.

 

[JTDuffet]

they look like spider mites to me also.. sorry to hear.. but like you said, they don't seem to be really adversely affecting the girls.. i would finish em up, them toss out the old coco as you said. do a clean down and start fresh again..

i had thrips about 2 months ago, i brought in 2-3 on me after cutting the grass and pulling a couple weeds.. i had to kill all plants, and clone them to remove the bugs, but it worked...

gl on the harvest..

-jt

 

[WasntMe]

I had something recently that looked exactly the same... no apparent plant damage but their population in the soil was growing. I saw none in the plant except an occasional stem crawler. Also they loved crawling on the sides of the pot.

Neem oil foiler sprayed every other day for 3 applications and my mystery bugs were no more.


I still don't know what they were but your pics look the same as how mine looked.

 

[Tokesome]

Aye they seem harmless enough. J`vw got a couple in little files and watching them is easier, but I really need a more powerful loop.

I dont see any need to treat or worry about the lil critters, I`m sure its symbiotic,

They definitely look like small spiders, but its not the spider mite we fear that munch on plant material.

Fucking interesting world, the world of mites!

Cheers, Toke

 

[STUPPA]

Yeah i did think they might be spiderlings but as a rule they tend to stick together in groups and there is always some webs somewhere . The only other thing i could find that was pure white as far as mites go is the mould mite but they are identified by the long hairs they have on their body and i can't see that in the pics .All the other mites have somekind of distinctive marking or colouring ,like two spotted mites .

have you tried looking on one of the bug i.d sites ,you can post pics and they will hopefully i.d them for you .


http://www.whatsthatbug.com/category/mites/

 

[Tokesome]

Hey mate, yeah although they have 8 legs, they`re not spiderlings either. They`re staying the uniform size and evenly distributed throughout all the flowering pots.

Great idea the bug ID site, I`ll try that.


Cheers, Toke.

 

[PoopyTeaBags]

Got them as well. Little white suckers that run around the top after a watering. Mine do "spring" when agitated so they are springtails. Came free with my bio-bizz coco probably. They are not root aphids, and they don't seem to be doing any harm but they are tough to kill.

Bottom line, if the grow is rolling along then sterilize the room after you're done this run, clean the pots, bug bomb etc etc.

those are spring tails...

 

[RetroGrow]

I think you have discovered a new life form!
Seriously, those are not root aphids.
They look like baby spiders!
Not the springtails that I see, but there are over 200 varieties of springtails, harmless for the most part, unless they run out of their regular food. Springtails actually eat mold so are beneficial. However, they will attack roots and seedlings if there is no other source of food. Your plants look good though, so that's what's important.

 

[Tokesome]

I think you have discovered a new life form!
Seriously, those are not root aphids.
They look like baby spiders!
Not the springtails that I see, but there are over 200 varieties of springtails, harmless for the most part, unless they run out of their regular food. Springtails actually eat mold so are beneficial. However, they will attack roots and seedlings if there is no other source of food. Your plants look good though, so that's what's important.

Yeah mate, definitely not root aphid`s, I feel sorry for those with that pest, what horrendous beasts they are.

A new life form, heh heh, I just might make my own name up for them, a friendly one I reckon.

I`m having to order a 30xloop online as I cant find one in the city where I live.

I did manage to get a good look at one working on the top of the coco with a hand held mag glass on the lens of my loop (like double magnifying it). I say "working" as it was working away furiously, I cant make up my mind if its 8 legged or 6, as the two front limbs act like feelers too, it was going up to pieces of coco and wrapping the two front feelers/legs around bits of stuff, it was like it was constantly going up to things, which would be the equivalent of a chest height boulder to us, and giving them a good hug/grope. I dont know if this is some kind activity towards finding a suitable place to settle, or looking for a mate, or whether it was actually feeding.

I do wish I had some extension tubes for my digi slr camera.

Cheers, Toke

 

[BagseedSamurai]

Not Springtails.Unfortunately.. looks like a type of mite.

Any damage?

Good luck.

 

[Tokesome]

Nah mate, Poopy, above was referring to someone elses post here, not my critters.

Mine are definitely some sort of mite, but they seem harmless to the plants. I`ll give the pots a good postmortem at the end, but there seems fewer of them about now, I dont know why, maybe its the gloopy molasses making it hard for them to get about or something/

No damage mate, you can see my plants in the signature thread on the last page or two, they`re looking really good with only about 10 days to the chop.

My concern was with re using the coco, but I see no reason not to because of these critters really.

Cheers, Toke

 

[GeorgeSmiley]

I had them. Got them under the scope and I identified them as hypoapsis. The ones I had and the ones pictured in the first post seem to be pure white rather than off white/brown

Article
http://urbangardenmagazine.com/2010/08/know-your-predators/

They move fast and seem to never stop. Like looking for moving salt. I'm going to purchase some soon.

Smiley