Small white, translucent bugs

hey everyone, I was wondering if anyone could help figure out this bug I found. I am using soil and as I watered today I noticed this dust looking substance on top of the water run off. I have noticed it before but just thought it could be just dirt. So I looked at it closer and they were very small white, clear bugs. These were very small. My first thought was root aphids but these were smaller and they didn't have tail pipes on them.

They almost looked like mites based on their body structure. But they were translucent and had red/brown legs. Also there is nothing wrong with my plants so i am curious if these things are beneficial. I can't post pics because I can't snap a photo through my micro scope. Any help is greatly appreciated.

Probably springtail larvae. Or pupa. One of those two life stages.

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Springtails or hypoaspis miles. Both can be beneficial if thats what they are.

I've noticed that if those little white bugs are in the soil. There's other bugs too.

Beneficial or not. If the conditions are prime for them. Fungus Gnats ain't too far behind.

They need to die or be beneficial on something else.

HM eat fungus gnat larvae.

Hypoaspis miles is a small light brown mite that lives in the top ½ in layer of soil. As a natural predator of fungus gnat pupae and of the snail parasite Riccardoella aspersa it is used by gardeners and snail breeders for biological pest control.

Ocean forrest has bene mites that eat mold. Im sure that they eat mite larva also maby even spider mites. I know ever since i saw these abought a year ago i havent had any pest problems since. Not even the smallest gnat.

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I don't believe they're springtails. Based on whatbI could find they're probably hypoaspis miles. Some pics that I found look like them and I do have some fungus gnats. I am always battling those buggers. I got mosquito bits and sticky traps but they always seem to come back around. I've tried big time exterminator, which is similar to flying skull and they know them back a bit but always seem to make their way back.

Let your pots dry more between waterings

I don't think they're serious like I said the plants are doing great, it just alarmed me because I could identify them. I am using a local soil, I believe they're using better ingredients than some commercial brands. I also use insect frass too and possibly they made their way through that. I've gotten springtails and the meals worm things from the frass before so maybe that how They got there.

Frass is awsome! Never had any bugs in it though