DavyJones
Is ready to take this hobby to a whole new level
Yes, another one of those ambiguous pest questions. I have noticed these small insects infesting the soil of nearly all my nepenthes. They are too small to get a photo of (shocker!), but, they are silver and pill shaped (longer then they are thin), move fairly quickly, and never leave the soil, except to move into other pots apparently, as they started off sparse and are now everywhere. Many of the plants have had these insects for some time, and they do not seem to be having any ill effects, other then just being there (which bothers the heck out of me.) Every once in a while I will give the pots that have it the worst a good soaking of GardenTech Sevin Ready-To-Use Bug Killer, and then flush it through with some water, which seems to do the trick for a bit, but they always come back.
So all you bug experts out there! What do you think they could possibly be? Any ideas how to get rid of them. I really don't want to do a mass Remove plants from pots, spray with insecticide, sterilize pots, repot, but since these are getting on my nerves now, I might just do it.
So all you bug experts out there! What do you think they could possibly be? Any ideas how to get rid of them. I really don't want to do a mass Remove plants from pots, spray with insecticide, sterilize pots, repot, but since these are getting on my nerves now, I might just do it.