Any bug experts around

[Mattbho]

These have appeared in my pots by the hundreds . Super fast little buggars

 

[Mattbho]

Very tiny

 

[Mattbho]

Very tiny

 

[Creeperpark]

Since the bug has 6 legs it's probably one of these.

Spider Beetle, Warehouse Beetle, Merchant Grain Beetle, Red Flour Beetle, and Sawtoothed Grain Beetle.

 

[bye12]

im no expert at all, But I think you need to get a microscope so you can get better pictures for any one to identify a bug.

I had confused flour beetles before I think ( not 100%idetification ) and got rid of them by using diatomaceous earth that I dusted on the soil.

Good luck, and don't panic as long as they don't attack your plants

 

[Mattbho]

I've always gone by if they move fast they are predators . These just boomed out of nowhere . I bought hypoasas miles and califoricus before but they never exploded like this. . I top dressed with wolsonite and avocado shells and now there's thousands . The worms , centipedes and plants seem unaffected .

 

[Mattbho]

Speedy Gonzales

 

[Creeperpark]

If its not on the plant don't worry about it. I have never ever had a problem with a beetle. One thing to remember is beetles are attracted to the night light and they will show up for the light during the nighttime hours. I would just pick them up in a cup and put them back outside no need to kill them because they don't hurt anything. .

 

[therevverend]

They look benign to me, as long as they don't find their way into your pubes.

 

[St. Phatty]

Look at the Bright Side -

It's not a carrion beetle and it's not chewing on your dead body.

 

[gmanwho]

one thing that mostly applies, mostly, if the bug is fast its a predatory feeder on other pests and not a plant sucking feeder.

one thing u can do is drown one in some rubbing alcohol so u can properly scope.

 

[Timj]

It looks like a Phytoseiulus persimilis predatory mite.
They are the good guys as others have mentioned.. I've actually purchased them for spider mite control in my greenhouse.