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title: "Little white bugs in her soil WTH HELP I’m freaking out !!!"
description: "Little white bugs in her soil WTH HELP I’m freaking out !!!"
url: "https://getplanta.com/community/hB0M8pmURCqUK7zhKpIOTw/64c6ddefeac6225decbb8e59"
community: "Bonsai Matters"
author: "Khadija"
published: "2023-07-30T22:02:23.047Z"
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# Little white bugs in her soil WTH HELP I’m freaking out !!!

_Posted by Khadija on 2023-07-30_

Little white bugs in her soil WTH HELP I’m freaking out !!!

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## 5 comments

### Zan~ Anxious Planter commented on 2023-07-30

Can you get a picture and highlight the bugs in question they might be a beneficial bug called a springtail

#### Khadija replied on 2023-07-30

I tried to they look like little knats all white, I had rocks on too they were mostly on the rocks n flew away or crawled away while I was grabbing my phone 😩

#### Zan~ Anxious Planter replied on 2023-07-30

Could just be fungus gnats to be honest

#### Khadija replied on 2023-07-31

I’d that bad. I looked this morning and I see none I removed the rocks and let the soil dry out

### Zan~ Anxious Planter commented on 2023-07-31

I mean they can cause some dammage but nothing to serious then an annoying lil flys

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