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Posted 2Y ago by @tumberlne

I GOT A BUG PROBLEM!!

Uh oh... Sam has little bugs! They look like mites from my research :(
This could also explain the rapid decrease in health for him??
I read up that 70% alcohol in a spray bottle could be a home solution for the pests. Is this true? Because if so I will start spraying immediately!
🩷Sam🩷
🩷Sam🩷
Echeveria 'Ruby Kissed'
5” pot with drainage
Last watered 1 year ago
@NewPlantMama13
Toni
5367 XP
2Y ago
@NewPlantMama13
Are you sure they aren’t fungus gnats?
@tumberlne
Summer
177 XP
2Y ago
@tumberlne
@NewPlantMama13 Yes, I'm sure. When looking at them side by side, they look nothing alike :(
These bugs are very very small, honestly the size of the tip of a sharpened pencil. And they are rounder.
@VipBottlegourd
Jordan
65 XP
2Y ago
@VipBottlegourd
@NewPlantMama13 I’m very new to plants but do fungus knats fly by chance?
@NewPlantMama13
Toni
5367 XP
2Y ago
@NewPlantMama13
@VipBottlegourd yes they do. They are super annoying
@VipBottlegourd
Jordan
65 XP
2Y ago
@VipBottlegourd
@NewPlantMama13 omg what do I do? They’ve been driving me nuts!!
@NewPlantMama13
Toni
5367 XP
2Y ago
@NewPlantMama13
@VipBottlegourd buy a package of Mosquito Bits. Soak 4 tablespoons in a gallon of water for at least a half hour, I soaked them over night. Then strain the bits out. Use that water to water your plants for 5 weeks. This will kill the eggs inside the soil. You can also buy the yellow sticky fly traps to stick in the soil, they will attract the adult gnats (the ones flying around). Fungus gnats are due to soil being kept wet for too long, they like to nest in it, so make sure you are letting the soil dry out before watering again. Good luck! I am currently fighting them as well.