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title: "Hi Planta Community, I have just recently (after a couple months of…"
description: "Hi Planta Community, I have just recently (after a couple months of serious effort) reduced our fungus gnat problem by 99.9% I just a fresh set of these yellow…"
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community: "Pests, diseases and problems"
author: "Jack_R"
published: "2024-08-20T11:40:47.321466Z"
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# Hi Planta Community, I have just recently (after a couple months of…

_Jack\_R님이 2024-08-20에 게시함_

Hi Planta Community,

I have just recently (after a couple months of serious effort) reduced our fungus gnat problem by 99.9% I just a fresh set of these yellow sticky traps for diagnostic purposes - they’ve been on for two days (yay no gnats) but I’ve noticed these tiny tiny tiny bugs on them. Some plants more than other as u can see from the photos. We have about 20 plants about half have none at all I’d say 5 have barely any and the other 5 have some to a lot stuck on the sticky traps - I used the same bag of sand for all of our plants to lay a thin layer to help with the gnat problem so I don’t think these tiny bugs are coming from the sand. Are they harmful or just tiny soil bugs and even perhaps beneficial? The fungus gnat problem is contained for the time being so I don’t want to hurt these little babies if they aren’t causing harm. Please lmk! Thanks in advance

![3개 중 1번째 첨부 파일](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/rSwvJZ4eNlWWNeDYLEjv_ikXRBLWnAKU4la1k_anTvA/NgEthYVSSqGILHXNyfWKgA.webp?size=large)

![3개 중 2번째 첨부 파일](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/rSwvJZ4eNlWWNeDYLEjv_ikXRBLWnAKU4la1k_anTvA/AbGncqovTASzBTaTmsiCoA.webp?size=large)

![3개 중 3번째 첨부 파일](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/rSwvJZ4eNlWWNeDYLEjv_ikXRBLWnAKU4la1k_anTvA/pd4ogbooQqCKj2tShGFerQ.webp?size=large)

## 8개의 댓글

### Jack\_R님이 2024-08-20에 댓글을 남겼어요.

One more for reference this one has the most

![1개 중 1번째 첨부 파일](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/rSwvJZ4eNlWWNeDYLEjv_ikXRBLWnAKU4la1k_anTvA/jNPXZRNKTGK21e6VoJn_Jw.webp?size=large)

### Jack\_R님이 2024-08-20에 댓글을 남겼어요.

Plants are all monstera, pothos, ficus, etc all classic houseplants

#### Maggie Grace님이 2024-08-20에 답변했습니다.

they love monsteras and alocasia.

### Maggie Grace님이 2024-08-20에 댓글을 남겼어요.

Unfortunately hard to tell 100% but they look like thrips to me, which I would treat all those plants for immediately.

### Lolly님이 2024-08-20에 댓글을 남겼어요.

My guess is thrips!

### eatyacarbs님이 2024-08-20에 댓글을 남겼어요.

i don’t believe these are thrips — I think they’re just soil mites. alarming when they’re plentiful, but not harmful to you or your plant

#### Jack\_R님이 2024-08-20에 답변했습니다.

I always see u on here helping people out I hope you know you are trusted and appreciated 🪴👍

#### eatyacarbs님이 2024-08-20에 답변했습니다.

such a nice thing to say! thanks ☺️😎

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