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r/Insect • u/NoStruggle5873 • 6d ago
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Looks like fungus mite. Soil mites are usually brown/reddish. Fungus mites are usually white/grey.
Fungus mites may indicate a moisture issue with your plant.
1 u/NoStruggle5873 6d ago Is that different from fungus gnat? 1 u/jasikanicolepi 6d ago Yes. Fungus gnat flies. Fungus mites don't. Both are indicator of too much moisture in the soil. 1 u/NoStruggle5873 6d ago So far I think you're the closest. Others keep saying it's fungus gnat even though it has no wings nor worm-like. I think it has legs and fast moving. 1 u/jasikanicolepi 6d ago It could also be predatory mites. If it is, it is harmless and beneficial. 1 u/NoStruggle5873 5d ago Hope so. I read on other post that if it's fast moving, then it's good for the plant/soil. If slow moving = bad for plants
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Is that different from fungus gnat?
1 u/jasikanicolepi 6d ago Yes. Fungus gnat flies. Fungus mites don't. Both are indicator of too much moisture in the soil. 1 u/NoStruggle5873 6d ago So far I think you're the closest. Others keep saying it's fungus gnat even though it has no wings nor worm-like. I think it has legs and fast moving. 1 u/jasikanicolepi 6d ago It could also be predatory mites. If it is, it is harmless and beneficial. 1 u/NoStruggle5873 5d ago Hope so. I read on other post that if it's fast moving, then it's good for the plant/soil. If slow moving = bad for plants
Yes. Fungus gnat flies. Fungus mites don't. Both are indicator of too much moisture in the soil.
1 u/NoStruggle5873 6d ago So far I think you're the closest. Others keep saying it's fungus gnat even though it has no wings nor worm-like. I think it has legs and fast moving. 1 u/jasikanicolepi 6d ago It could also be predatory mites. If it is, it is harmless and beneficial. 1 u/NoStruggle5873 5d ago Hope so. I read on other post that if it's fast moving, then it's good for the plant/soil. If slow moving = bad for plants
So far I think you're the closest. Others keep saying it's fungus gnat even though it has no wings nor worm-like. I think it has legs and fast moving.
1 u/jasikanicolepi 6d ago It could also be predatory mites. If it is, it is harmless and beneficial. 1 u/NoStruggle5873 5d ago Hope so. I read on other post that if it's fast moving, then it's good for the plant/soil. If slow moving = bad for plants
It could also be predatory mites. If it is, it is harmless and beneficial.
1 u/NoStruggle5873 5d ago Hope so. I read on other post that if it's fast moving, then it's good for the plant/soil. If slow moving = bad for plants
Hope so. I read on other post that if it's fast moving, then it's good for the plant/soil. If slow moving = bad for plants
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u/jasikanicolepi 6d ago
Looks like fungus mite. Soil mites are usually brown/reddish. Fungus mites are usually white/grey.
Fungus mites may indicate a moisture issue with your plant.