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title: "What in the world is in my banana trees soil?? 🤯🤯🤯 (the weird…"
description: "What in the world is in my banana trees soil?? 🤯🤯🤯 (the weird small gray bug in the middle by the light colored piece of mulch all swarmed out when I…"
url: "https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ/UHBk0cjmTG2wT4T-kEMvHQ"
community: "Pests, diseases and problems"
author: "Elle Woods"
published: "2024-08-09T17:39:26.237808Z"
language: "en"
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# What in the world is in my banana trees soil?? 🤯🤯🤯 (the weird…

_Posted by Elle Woods on 2024-08-09_

What in the world is in my banana trees soil?? 🤯🤯🤯 (the weird small gray bug in the middle by the light colored piece of mulch all swarmed out when I watered it so I dumped my neem mixture into the soil)

![Attachment 1 of 1](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/H4FDPibuvnA63eyTfyGMnin-AAEPrrXzUQxvNxLXdAk/Awy9uxUPSv6dEDbLsXnYMw.webp?size=large)

## 5 comments

### Hort Specialist commented on 2024-08-09

Pillbugs/sowbugs. They love damp, moist soil and feed on decay wood, they can however feed on live plants if they are in large numbers. Not usually the case, Neem would work, if that is what you used.

#### Elle Woods replied on 2024-08-10

Your response sent me on an information hunt and look what I found!

![Attachment 1 of 1](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/H4FDPibuvnA63eyTfyGMnin-AAEPrrXzUQxvNxLXdAk/54kQgDRDRLmtnFQWWRrE-A.webp?size=large)

#### Hort Specialist replied on 2024-08-10

Haha nice, they are beneficial and help decompose dead plant matter, I wouldn’t have one as a pet but there’s people out there that do 😝

### Riley commented on 2024-08-09

If this is a pillbug, which it does look like, the it’s not going to be harmful to your plant. Some people even put these in terrariums to keep them healthy!

#### Plant Father replied on 2024-08-09

isopods are nature’s cleanup crew! such neat little creatures

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