--- title: "Hey guys, I’ve posted before but with very bad photos; I managed to…" description: "Hey guys, I’ve posted before but with very bad photos; I managed to get some better ones These tiny white bugs are everywhere… in the soil, all over my plant…" url: "https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ/RMUCgtNdQKSYMoC8OuVGNA?language=ko" community: "Pests, diseases and problems" author: "Kayde" published: "2024-06-02T18:24:11.334159Z" language: "en" image: "https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/7tyJU5DDvRLWCO1ACvmGGopgHB7FXYENM8FPFt5yiy0/H-YEAuGyRoqV8EX1l57PVA.webp?size=large" --- [커뮤니티](https://getplanta.com/community.md?language=ko) / [Pests, diseases and problems](https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ.md?language=ko) # Hey guys, I’ve posted before but with very bad photos; I managed to… _Kayde님이 2024-06-02에 게시함_ Hey guys, I’ve posted before but with very bad photos; I managed to get some better ones These tiny white bugs are everywhere… in the soil, all over my plant pots - NOT on the plants themselves however, they stick to the soil. Are these soil mites? This was my initial thought but then I also think they could maybe be springtails due to the long antennae, but they don’t jump so I’m heading more towards the mites? Any help identifying them please so I know how to deal with them? ![4개 중 1번째 첨부 파일](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/7tyJU5DDvRLWCO1ACvmGGopgHB7FXYENM8FPFt5yiy0/H-YEAuGyRoqV8EX1l57PVA.webp?size=large) ![4개 중 2번째 첨부 파일](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/7tyJU5DDvRLWCO1ACvmGGopgHB7FXYENM8FPFt5yiy0/TqM1QWpFTU6fAfsLsMTZlw.webp?size=large) ![4개 중 3번째 첨부 파일](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/7tyJU5DDvRLWCO1ACvmGGopgHB7FXYENM8FPFt5yiy0/Tz4KrIvaRla-tzE1InsNpw.webp?size=large) ![4개 중 4번째 첨부 파일](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/7tyJU5DDvRLWCO1ACvmGGopgHB7FXYENM8FPFt5yiy0/e9ZJw29JTjqBSxodnEIwdQ.webp?size=large) ## 13개의 댓글 ### Alyssa님이 2024-06-02에 댓글을 남겼어요. I’d want to say mealybug with the white and the long antennae but when you said that it’s not on your plants I’m stumped lol, usually mealybugs are prolific plant pests #### Kayde님이 2024-06-02에 답변했습니다. I thought this too but my plants are happy and healthy and I barely see them crawling on the plants - I’ve seen one on a leaf before but only the one - but there’s an abundance of them in the soil, literally everywhere on top of the soil, I’m so lost to what they are #### Kayde님이 2024-06-02에 답변했습니다. My thought was soil mites as I’ve read that they tend to stay in the soil and only climb the plant if there’s dying leaves etc but they’re pretty quick and just scurry along the top of the soil, there’s no harm to the plants at all #### Alyssa님이 2024-06-02에 답변했습니다. Hmmm it could be soil mites then, especially with the plants being fine lol, got an unidentified bugaroo there #### Kayde님이 2024-06-02에 답변했습니다. I do hope it is just soil mites or something along those lines that are pretty harmless… don’t wanna wake up to dying plants one day🫣 ### S.R님이 2024-06-02에 댓글을 남겼어요. I think they look too big to be mites. My thought was mealy bugs as well 🤷🏻‍♀️ but if they aren’t bothering the foliage ….? Do you have any other plants at home? Have they been checked as well? #### Kayde님이 2024-06-02에 답변했습니다. They’re really not big at all, I struggle to see them unless I’m looking really really closely, it was a miracle I was able to take the photos😂 ![1개 중 1번째 첨부 파일](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/7tyJU5DDvRLWCO1ACvmGGopgHB7FXYENM8FPFt5yiy0/lYKr_vroTRmtEYM9PMjDiQ.webp?size=large) #### Kayde님이 2024-06-02에 답변했습니다. I have loads of plants on the same windowsill - my petunia and sweet William are infested with them, there’s a few in both my spider plants but literally only a tiny amount compared to the others - and absolutely none in all my strawberry seedling pots, but they’re all in the same place #### Kayde님이 2024-06-02에 답변했습니다. It’s like they’ve only targetted a few plants and ignored my strawberries - attached a closer photo of the soil too ![1개 중 1번째 첨부 파일](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/7tyJU5DDvRLWCO1ACvmGGopgHB7FXYENM8FPFt5yiy0/svvoF0_TTOi10OQ-yual5A.webp?size=large) ### Riley님이 2024-06-02에 댓글을 남겼어요. Mealybugs may also live on soil and eventually spread to the leaves, so I suspect that that is what they are #### Kayde님이 2024-06-02에 답변했습니다. I thought mealybugs had loads of legs tho? I believe this bug only has 6 or 8 and then long antenna and they move really fast - I managed to get a close up video of them but I don’t think there’s a way to post videos? All the pictures/videos I’ve seen of mealybug’s they are really fluffy looking and move quite slow, this bug is more spider looking than anything ### Kris님이 2024-06-03에 댓글을 남겼어요. I have the same issue 😭 but in my basil. They are not in the leaves only in the soil. Not sure if they are harmful or not ![1개 중 1번째 첨부 파일](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/-9PLPWV-Vyv9unaBKw0nGC4rTQfT1wPEofqDGdlDUE8/EkZYCspvSI2ba38fmxKjqQ.webp?size=large) #### Kayde님이 2024-06-04에 답변했습니다. I’m still thinking they’re mites tbh even tho everyone’s saying mealy bugs… they look nothing like mealys in person and if I google the photos I took it comes up with mites soooo🫣 --- _Planta 커뮤니티 (https://getplanta.com). 누구나 읽을 수 있습니다. 게시물을 올리고, 댓글을 달고, 좋아요를 누르려면 Planta 앱을 다운로드하세요: https://getplanta.com/download_