Ivers
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Hello again, I've had these super tiny jumpy bugs in my soil as long as I can remember.
I clean my tents every grow (tried cleaning with permethrin as well) to make these fckers not come back and changed to a new soil (plagron) still these small little bastards come back every grow, this time on my 2 week old clones.
Those I've seen earlier have been more white than this I caught now, they seem to have 4 legs and 2 "antennas"/feelers. They are so small I can't say for sure it's not 6 legs but I've seen at least 4 visible legs.
When I caught it, it acted as if I gave it meth, it jumped around so fast it looked like it was teleporting 1-3 cm.
I usually don't see them at all, they come to the soil surface when I water and then disappear after 30 seconds. Never have they been spotted on the plant stems/leaves, I've only seen them wandering around lost on the floor between/under pots or in the soil as mentioned.
Also they don't seem to develop wings, I've never seen anyone flying around in there, so I don't think they are fungus gnats. Had gnats earlier and they where much bigger. The one I caught on the picture seem to be mature and are one of the bigger ones that I've seen. The smaller ones are more has more a gel-like white color.
![IMG-20161221-WA0001-2.jpg](/data/attachments/2958/2958200-0d5c63c16b4b06823da7e2f553d7f7fc.jpg)
Any help in order to identify and remove these bugs will be greatly appreciated, thanks!
Edit: Also, are they good or bad?
If they're good and you guys agree on that then I guess there's no worries, but I fear they suck.
I clean my tents every grow (tried cleaning with permethrin as well) to make these fckers not come back and changed to a new soil (plagron) still these small little bastards come back every grow, this time on my 2 week old clones.
Those I've seen earlier have been more white than this I caught now, they seem to have 4 legs and 2 "antennas"/feelers. They are so small I can't say for sure it's not 6 legs but I've seen at least 4 visible legs.
When I caught it, it acted as if I gave it meth, it jumped around so fast it looked like it was teleporting 1-3 cm.
I usually don't see them at all, they come to the soil surface when I water and then disappear after 30 seconds. Never have they been spotted on the plant stems/leaves, I've only seen them wandering around lost on the floor between/under pots or in the soil as mentioned.
Also they don't seem to develop wings, I've never seen anyone flying around in there, so I don't think they are fungus gnats. Had gnats earlier and they where much bigger. The one I caught on the picture seem to be mature and are one of the bigger ones that I've seen. The smaller ones are more has more a gel-like white color.
![IMG-20161221-WA0002-1.jpg](/data/attachments/2958/2958197-9e31319efc80835fccfd1db650534e3c.jpg)
![IMG-20161221-WA0000-1.jpg](/data/attachments/2958/2958198-df31f16b1feb60d61b42384b7c7190d0.jpg)
![IMG-20161221-WA0001.jpg](/data/attachments/2958/2958199-15de3893f9d1f79d6744c2c610fc1599.jpg)
![IMG-20161221-WA0001-2.jpg](/data/attachments/2958/2958200-0d5c63c16b4b06823da7e2f553d7f7fc.jpg)
Any help in order to identify and remove these bugs will be greatly appreciated, thanks!
Edit: Also, are they good or bad?
If they're good and you guys agree on that then I guess there's no worries, but I fear they suck.
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