little white thrip looking thing but fast and just in drip tray.

[Marquis de Sod]

okay first it looks very similar to this:

(photo from MyNameStitch's sticky)

i picked up a pot with a tight fitting tray (a plastic coffee 'can' with holes in the bottom, sitting on top of the inverted plastic lid that came with it) and i saw like 100 of these tiny little things but they move very fast, have hard to see legs but these big antennaes. the 'tray' was half full of water.

i dont know what they are but this pic looks almost like them. i did not see them on the body of the plant. and they are just on this one, this is the only plant i have in this set up, which i think is the cause of it.

i mixed about a half oz of neem oil with some soap and watered it in the bath tub, then i poured some more with about an oz of Malathian, or whatever it is and they seem to be dead this morning, either that or just hiding.

they couldnt be thrips could they? instead of running around they were floating on various small things, because when i watched this one, it just stayed on this floating thing walking around it, and wouldnt go in the water. one on dry surface, it jumped out of my field of view. NO WINGS. white and translucent. Very small, could see just a white spec with naked eye and took my loop to see up close. And does NOT appear to be a larva, because they were running around on their little floating islands quite well.

any ideas? thx

 

[unthing]

looks like springtail to me.

 

[Marquis de Sod]

which is what and did i killem off with neem/malathian? no wings and no stinger tail. but i'm googlin and reading. i'll check it out thx. seems to be 700 different species. Are they eating my plant or just going for a swim?

wow, my post just disappeared. well i'll type it again.
i found this: "Homeowners who see these tiny, grayish insects in and around houseplant containers are often concerned that they are likely to harm their plants; however, this is not the case. Springtail activity is an indication of healthy, moist, organically rich soil. If springtails remain confined to the soil of houseplants, it is not necessary to initiate control measures unless there are so many that they cause a nuisance."

 

[dfa]

pick up some Monterey garden spray.

 

[Marquis de Sod]

i also have some parynthians (sp?) laying around. i've found that malathian is ten times better tho. and i have watered with that. a spray of my whole room would be in order tho, no doubt!

 

[pinecone]

Springtails are no worries; harmless. If that is what you have, let them be.

Pine

 

[moodster]

harmless springtails bro i get loads in coco probly do more damage trying to kill them

 

[Aksala]

pick up some Monterey garden spray.

That stuff is amazing...

 

[Ras Mason]

Like this phat and juicy one?

 

[Ras Mason]

Acording to Hemp Diseases and Pests, springtails such as the garden springtail, bourletiella hortensis "causes stippling of leaves, much like spider mites."


McPartland, J.M., R.C. Clarke, D.P. Watson, 2000. Hemp Diseases and Pests:Management and Biological Control, CABI Publishing, New York, New York 251pp.