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title: "i found small white bugs in the soil of a plant i recently purchased,…"
description: "i found small white bugs in the soil of a plant i recently purchased, small flies also seem to be flying out a lot so i did a complete soil change however i…"
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# i found small white bugs in the soil of a plant i recently purchased,…

_Pubblicato da freyabez il 2024-08-17_

i found small white bugs in the soil of a plant i recently purchased, small flies also seem to be flying out a lot so i did a complete soil change however i just noticed one of the flies come out of my monstera soil, im thinking the bugs may have crawled into the monstera too as i keep them next to eachother, anyone have any ideas what bug they may be? mealy bugs? ive never had a bug problem before! is a complete soil change enough to prevent the bugs?

## 2 commenti

### send\_nodes ha commentato il 2024-08-17

Sounds like fungus gnats. The larvae lives in the soil

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#### freyabez ha risposto il 2024-08-17

ohh yes i think so thankyou so much

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