I tried insecticidal super soap tonight as soon as I spotted them – It seems to have done nothing as they are all still running around like crazy inside and outside of the pots- I’ll post a couple more vids in the comments- Please help 🙏 Most of the infected plants are my are my succulents- I haven’t watered them in awhile… They get decent sun – They are near my backdoor so i’m wondering if it came in that way as I haven’t brought in any new plants 🤷♀️
by Otkickbutt
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Ig I can’t comment videos- Here’s some screenshots
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Pretty sure these are just soil mites. Do your plants LOOK ok?
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Weirdly – they seem to mostly be on my succulents- I don’t see any on my pothos or monstera which are next to these
Looks like mealy bugs to me.. hard to tell when they are so small! I’d try a 70% alcohol and water spray down, 1 part alcohol 3 parts water. Make sure it doesn’t get direct sun for 4 hours at least, also make sure it gets in all the cracks and crevices of the plant. If I see big ones I go in with a alcohol soaked qtip and mechanically remove them. Then check in again and do it again in 5-7 days. I like to swap back and forth between insecticidal soap and the alcohol.
My string of pearls gets mealy bugs annually. One of these days I get my prevention steps down haha til then this works.
Thank you all for coming in and helping in whatever way you can – Discovering these things totally turned my night upside down :(( So much appreciation for everyone leaving comments 🙏🙏🥹
You can use half water/half rubbing alcohol in a spray bottle on them daily
Another video-
https://www.reddit.com/u/Otkickbutt/s/YpYWHJ0NhG%5BAnother video](https://www.reddit.com/u/Otkickbutt/s/YpYWHJ0NhG)
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If there is webbing, they could be web spinning spider mites
They kinda look like aphids to me but I could be wrong, for some reason the video only played once and it’s not loading again. Have you bought any new plants recently or been to a garden center somewhere? It’s not terribly uncommon to pick up pests when walking through a garden center at Depot, Lowe’s, Walmart, etc. A friend of mine has some high dollar plants and her mom propagated a pathos and gave it to her… turns out, the pathos had thrips and it became a major issue. I work for a large cannabis company as the research and development lead and I won’t go anywhere near my plants at home without showering and changing clothes. Better playing it safe than sorry. If you do use iso, go with the 70%. It will definitely take several treatments.
Seems like springtails or soil mites. I am no expert but if it’s either of those, don’t worry they’re harmless to humans and actually helpful for the plants as they eat mold, fungus or any other decaying organic matter.