Please tell me this is not what I think it is.

[shishkaboy]

 

[FireIn.TheSky]

I don't know what you think it is but I'm pretty sure it's an immature pill bug its common in compost.

 

[Coughie]

Looks like a pill bug to me too,

Plenty of those in my 150-gallon smart pots
(Which barely fit in a 4'x4' tent~)

 

[shishkaboy]

So its not root aphids?

Dammit.

 

[Coughie]

No, sir.



Root aphid (via Google):

 

[Tynehead Tom]

yup, pill bug, don't think they are harmful to plants.

 

[Scrappy-doo]

I get hundreds of them all up in and around my outdoor plants each year. End up picking them out of my buds when I harvest, but they don't damage anything. Don't know much about them but my guess is they are excellent predators because caterpillar damage is non-existant whenever they are around, and there's plenty of moths in the area.

 

[corky1968]

Kill it.

 

[stewpac15]

If there is nothing around, pill bugs WILL eat and damage your plants. I didn't believe it till I caught them feeding one night. They prefer young plants. They feed late late late at night and the damage will look very similar to grasshopper damage.

 

[Coughie]

If you keep a healthy mulch layer, you'll only see them when you water, essentially.
They're composters, mostly.

They will eat vegetables though - carrots, lettuce..

I haven't noticed any plant damage, but I'm about as organic/natural as an indoor-system gets, so there's plenty of decaying matter for them to recycle.

Not a cause for panic~

 

[Scrappy-doo]

What would they be doing up in my buds then? I've pulled dozens out of my flowers when harvesting sometimes on a single plant. Guaranteed I'll be doing the same this year on a couple plants at least.

 

[shishkaboy]

Not a cause for panic~

Thing is I have no idea how they would have gotten indoors. I use store bought medium.

I freaked out because I only noticed them on the plants that were doing poorly. I was trying to save a few cultivars. I had a bout with thrips and recently discarded all medium, except those few small containers because they were the lasts of their kind.

When I noticed that they werent growing like all the new stuff I just knew it had to be RA.

I just took a clone off each one and threw them all out.

If this OG doesnt root Im gonna flip out.

 

[Granger2]

They will eat seedlings and small plants. Sometimes they will just snip them off. Use a bait so you don't need to apply to the plants. Good luck. -granger.

 

[moses wellfleet]

I always thought if there is enough compost and mulch to munch then they are harmless?

 

[ReikoX]

Pill Bugs rule! Zach Sherwin even does a rap parody about them.

 

[Dankwolf]

I don't know what you think it is but I'm pretty sure it's an immature pill bug its common in compost.

Lol

 

[moses wellfleet]

I always knew it as a wood louse.

 

[corky1968]

Did you kill it yet?

Don't wait until it climbs into your ear at night.

By then it will be too late. You'll be assimilated.

 

[pop_rocks]

Did you kill it yet?

Don't wait until it climbs into your ear at night.

By then it will be too late. You'll be assimilated.

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is that before or after they eat all his precious clones?
/just fanning the flames

 

[WelderDan]

Pill Bug a.k.a. Roly-poly. They prefer compost but will eat young tender plants. A sign of healthy compost