Druncata Posted August 25, 2016 Report Share Posted August 25, 2016 I've discovered a growing group of insects in my heterodoxa soil. at any given time about 15 of these little guys can be seen crawling around the soil surface. Can anyone identify what I'm dealing with? So far neither the sphagnum nor the plant seems to be damaged or stunted, but the damage sometimes comes suddenly with these pests.. Please doubleclick on the image for a zoom-in. I haven't figured out how to display an image in the size it was uploaded, my apologies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaz Posted August 28, 2016 Report Share Posted August 28, 2016 Difficult to tell for certain from this photo but could be springtails or possibly thrips. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
werds Posted August 28, 2016 Report Share Posted August 28, 2016 Looks like Collembola yes, don´t have to worry with this ones, it´s good to have them in the soil. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaz Posted August 28, 2016 Report Share Posted August 28, 2016 sorry, yes Collembola (aka springtail in English) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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