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title: "What are these things in my soil? Is it fungus gnat larvae?"
description: "What are these things in my soil? Is it fungus gnat larvae?"
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community: "Pests, diseases and problems"
author: "Violette"
published: "2025-05-24T15:52:06.408575Z"
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# What are these things in my soil? Is it fungus gnat larvae?

_Posted by Violette on 2025-05-24_

What are these things in my soil? Is it fungus gnat larvae?

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## 1 comment

### Bedroom Botanist commented on 2025-05-24

I’m don’t think they are, but it’s hard to tell from the photo and I could be mistaken. Fungus gnat larvae have white, wormlike bodies but have a black head (think of a maggot with a poppy seed-like head).

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