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title: "Can anyone help me identify what these dark red, oblong, rice-shaped…"
description: "Can anyone help me identify what these dark red, oblong, rice-shaped objects are? Are they eggs/pupa? 🐛 Few days ago, I found 3 white worms in the soil of my…"
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# Can anyone help me identify what these dark red, oblong, rice-shaped…

_Jean님이 2024-09-07에 게시함_

Can anyone help me identify what these dark red, oblong, rice-shaped objects are? Are they eggs/pupa? 🐛  
Few days ago, I found 3 white worms in the soil of my rosemary and succulents! 😱 Instantly, I dug up my plants \& repotted them in fresh soil. While removing the old soil around my plants, I found multiples of these rice-shaped objects! 🫣

P.S.: Research shows that cinnamon can help with deterring pests, so I sprinkled cinnamon on my plants, as well as sprayed Neem oil all over. Is it possible to spray too much?

Can someone please tell me if what I’m doing is correct for my plants? I’m rather new to gardening \& I don’t know what these strange red oblong objects are! 🥺 Thank you!

![1개 중 1번째 첨부 파일](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/AwdfxsukH_jINv7INtJhlGmyv7pVLc61gU6fWenm88s/k1lYkE80Qe6kRsVmVxMs-w.webp?size=large)

## 10개의 댓글

### Sharon님이 2024-09-08에 댓글을 남겼어요.

I think they’re pupa from some type of insect

#### Jean님이 2024-09-08에 답변했습니다.

Thank you, Sharon! I think you’re right!

### exitJiraffe님이 2024-09-08에 댓글을 남겼어요.

Moth pupa.

#### Jean님이 2024-09-08에 답변했습니다.

Thank you, exitJiraffe!

#### exitJiraffe님이 2024-09-09에 답변했습니다.

Yeah idk for houseplants, they could eat the roots or leaves when they hatch. I usually find them in my yard.

### Angel님이 2024-09-08에 댓글을 남겼어요.

These look like house flys to me

#### Jean님이 2024-09-08에 답변했습니다.

Thank you, Angel!

### JusticeStorm님이 2024-09-09에 댓글을 남겼어요.

Fly eggs. They ate the worst. I got an infestation in my radishes. And soil I keep outside. Neem oil didn't stay active long enough but mosquito dunk in my watering can fot 24 hours then drenched soil worked 100%. In a week or so look out for long flat centipede looking things that don't move. That's the next stage. I picked all,the rice gross things and the larva that didn't move out and put in hydrogen peroxide. Let the soil dry out completely then use. If this is in a plant container. Neem soil drench one day, next watering use the mosquito dunk marinade. Definitely isolate the plant.

#### Jean님이 2024-09-09에 답변했습니다.

Wow! Thank you so much for your detailed reply, JusticeStorm! 👏 I appreciate your advice!

### JusticeStorm님이 2024-09-09에 댓글을 남겼어요.

Look up black soilder fly

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