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title: "My plant (not sure what it is) has little white bugs. My dad and I…"
description: "My plant (not sure what it is) has little white bugs. My dad and I thing thrips or fungus gnats???? Help please the bugs have already spread to two of my other…"
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# My plant (not sure what it is) has little white bugs. My dad and I…

_Posted by Lauren Miller on 2025-08-30_

My plant (not sure what it is) has little white bugs. My dad and I thing thrips or fungus gnats???? Help please the bugs have already spread to two of my other plants!! Please help!!

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## 7 comments

### TLSoup commented on 2025-08-30

Not sure what to do about the pests, but I believe your plant is a syngonium podophyllum, or arrowhead plant.

### Lauren Miller commented on 2025-08-30

Thank you!

### PlantHopeful commented on 2025-08-30

Thrips are teeny little white/clear things. They are super contagious. Happyhappyhouseplant on IG has a great series on managing them. Basically you need to isolate the plants, treat the soil and the leaves (they lay eggs in the leaves and are asexual so you only need one to have a major prob!). I am battling these now. Good luck 🤗😵‍💫

### Maddi commented on 2025-08-31

what i found helped was sprinkling cinnamon on the surface of the soil! but also isolate and i suggest getting fly catchers so the gnats can get stuck to those!

### Jlynch commented on 2025-08-31

I use diatomaceous earth (fossil shell flour) on the soil. It’s like magic

### Lauren Miller commented on 2025-09-01

I bought an another plant from someone and we asked them about the bugs, and they said it's the dirt that we bought from the store. And thank you for suggesting ideas!! But now I need to buy more dirt an repot all plant that have the bugs, but thank you soooo much!!!

### Lauren Miller commented on 2025-09-01

But I'll try your ideas first 🙃

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