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title: "Hello everyone, I’m pretty new to gardening and I had a bug that took…"
description: "Hello everyone, I’m pretty new to gardening and I had a bug that took out my potatos. Long story… but now they are on my soil in my sunflower pot. They are…"
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# Hello everyone, I’m pretty new to gardening and I had a bug that took…

_Posted by Van on 2024-04-09_

Hello everyone,

I’m pretty new to gardening and I had a bug that took out my potatos. Long story… but now they are on my soil in my sunflower pot.

They are small black flying insects and they hop more then fly. I tried to get a close up picture but couldn’t get a good one.

Anyone have any idea what it is and how to treat it??

Thank you!  
Van

## 7 comments

### TheCrazyPlantLaidy commented on 2024-04-09

Mabey fugal gnats

#### Van replied on 2024-04-09

Ugh that’s what I was thinking. Thank you

#### TheCrazyPlantLaidy replied on 2024-04-09

I have them two and they are not that bad but would recommend to get a spray to get rid of them

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#### TheCrazyPlantLaidy replied on 2024-04-09

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### Van commented on 2024-04-10

I had a potato grower/farmer suggest mixing pure Castile soap and water and spray it.  
I was going to spray copper fungicide and wondered if that would get rid of it.  
Thanks so much for all the great info! 💕

### Chaotic plant mom commented on 2024-04-13

I had those it sounds like fungus gnats. I put an inch of sand on the top of my pots and now they are gone, they eat fungus in the soil

#### Van replied on 2024-04-14

Thank you

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