Insect and Spider Identification: 2 Tiny bugs - one pink and one white, 1 by BlakeInCanada
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Subject: 2 Tiny bugs - one pink and one white
Forum: Insect and Spider Identification
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BlakeInCanada wrote: First the pink one: I'll link to a picture and a video of it. It is pale pink or tan, round body, long legs for its body, it looks moreso at the front. They crawl around in the soil and I've found them up the sides of the plastic container too. They're pretty slow moving but so tiny it's hard to kill. picture: http://i301.photobucket.com/albums/nn67/Hosenozzle/SoilBugs0... video: http://s301.photobucket.com/albums/nn67/Hosenozzle/?action=v... The white one is also tiny, but long and thin. When it crawls around the soil, it gets quite bendy and quick. It jumps too (it might actually be teleporting but I can't be sure). They only seem to come out when I dig around in the soil, and it seems they're more populated around seedlings. The picture catches it in decent detail. I've had a lot of problems considering all of my planters are new and indoors, and using potting soil. I also have fungus gnats which I'm almost getting under control with sticky traps, and chamomile/cinnamon watering. Are either of these bugs beneficial? Please say yes because I'm sick of fighting bugs! I have these 2 in a couple of the planters, and none in the others using the same soil. For the one, I was able to take the seedlings out, put the soil in a freezer bag, microwave it a little, and replant, and it worked very well. But I can't do that for the other two. Worn and forlorn, Blake |


