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title: "Little white bugs crawling around after I watered my orchids. I heard…"
description: "Little white bugs crawling around after I watered my orchids. I heard there is a bug that’s good and does no harm to plants and then there’s the common pests.…"
url: "https://getplanta.com/community/lKxUkhzRR_aIJD7o1QvtwQ/WDeLoijhG3Ok8wED89R47r"
community: "Pests, diseases and problems"
author: "Jules"
published: "2025-10-14T22:03:18.246543Z"
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# Little white bugs crawling around after I watered my orchids. I heard…

_Posted by Jules on 2025-10-14_

Little white bugs crawling around after I watered my orchids. I heard there is a bug that’s good and does no harm to plants and then there’s the common pests. Is this a good one?

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## 4 comments

### Jules commented on 2025-10-14

I’m thinking it’s springtail which is what I’ve heard is good but want to make sure. They were crawling pretty fast I’d say but not jumping like how Google says they’d do.

#### Waspinator replied on 2025-10-15

Size is consistent with a springtail but the image is too blurry to tell. I don't know of any pests that'd be that size and in the roots like that, so you're probably fine

### 🪴 Botanical Bekka🌵 commented on 2025-10-15

I'm thinking of buying some of those for my bearded dragons enclosure do they sing like they would hop out of the cage and be running all over my house 🤦‍♀️😩🤣🤷‍♀️

#### Jules replied on 2025-10-15

I don’t think so lol but if so, they’ll eat dead organic matter around your house lol

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