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title: "Ordered a plant about a month ago and everything seemed fine. Started…"
description: "Ordered a plant about a month ago and everything seemed fine. Started noticing these white things on the tray after I watered it. Not sure what I should do or…"
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community: "Pests, diseases and problems"
author: "Plantress"
published: "2024-03-10T21:11:36.121695Z"
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# Ordered a plant about a month ago and everything seemed fine. Started…

_Posted by Plantress on 2024-03-10_

Ordered a plant about a month ago and everything seemed fine. Started noticing these white things on the tray after I watered it. Not sure what I should do or what they are. Don't want it to infect the rest of my plants. Please help!

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## 5 comments

### TheCrazyPlantLaidy commented on 2024-03-10

I have the same problem but with my elephant ear plant and I truly have no clue if they’re bad or not but I’ve had my elephant ear for three months and it seems to be fine so I don’t know if it’s a cause for alarm I don’t even know what they are

### Syd :P commented on 2024-03-10

diatomaceous earth would be my best guess at getting rid of these guys, i don’t know what they are myself, but mysterious bugs in the house always need to go, regardless of if they might be munching on the roots or not

### Timmyturner commented on 2024-03-11

Centipede nest?!🤔

### yems commented on 2024-03-14

I had similar bugs (centipedes?? whatever they are) on a plant of mine last year - I stopped watering my plant to dry it out completely and eventually the bugs all died off.

### Plantress commented on 2024-03-14

Thank you guys for all of your help. I was surprised to see so many as I had just received this plant a month ago.

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