Fungus gnats?

[nepenthes gracilis]

Are these fungus gnat larvae? Best pic i could get.....they are REALLY small like .5cm long or so.

 

[Tony Paroubek]

nope.. fungus gnat larva look like tiny thin transparent worms with a black dot on one end

 

[Clint]

they look like springtails.

 

[nepenthes gracilis]

That explains why they go sproing all over the place! Any effective way to kill them......I suppose I wasted my money on the B.T. v. israeliensis bacterialcide stuff cause they were never fungus gnats! These things are all over the place......dunno if they hurt anything but sure are.....unsightly.....

BTW< how does the pic focus look? did the best I could do.

 

[Kirkscoastalcarnivores]

I have an ifestation of those, I made my very own insectcide, and poured it on them and it worked, they started jumping into the water

 

[CP2k]

Springtails feed on decaying matter. My pings tend to slaughter them...along with fungus gnats.

 

[nepenthes gracilis]

Hey michael, only thing I have tha eats them are the utrics....there are none in their pots, only the Neps and drosera

 

[Clint]

springtails are harmless and if anything, beneficial. they feed on decaying matter like CP2K mentioned and are great fodder for your plants.

 

[nepenthes gracilis]

oh.....ok wonder where they came from...

 

[rattler]

springtails are like fungus gnats. never quite sure where they come from you just find them one day. they are an extreamly common critter in most any moist habitat. ive found them around here under rotting logs and such. once yah got them i dont think you will ever be completely rid of them short of mass use of pesticide which prolly wont be good for your plants.

Rattler

 

[Finch]

dont do anything. Perfectly harmless, and it would be a waste of money to try and get rid of such a harmless creature.


Its a wonder springtails are so abundant and colonize new areas as quickly as they do considering their shoot-in the dark method of reprodction. The males leave tiny sperm packs on the ground or upright on a minute string, and the sperm is only released if a female happens to brush against the sperm pack during her travels. the females do not seek out the sperm packs or anything, and the males randomly lay them, regardless of location or lilkelyhood of a female passing through the given area.

 

[Clint]

that was very interesting, but insect sex is GROSS