Bug in soil

Marq1340 · Sep 13, 2022

Can anyone help identify these bugs in this soil?

Needed extra soil for a single pot so I bought some cheap soil today from my local Menards. These bugs were everywhere. Almost added it to my tent before I noticed them.

(Burpees organic potting mix)

Hotrod2 · Sep 13, 2022

Marq1340 said:
Can anyone help identify these bugs in this soil?

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Needed extra soil for a single pot so I bought some cheap soil today from my local Menards. These bugs were everywhere. Almost added it to my tent before I noticed them.

(Burpees organic potting mix)

Interesting, I'm going to watch and see if you figure it out good luck.

CaliRootz88 · Sep 13, 2022

Are they affecting your plants in anyway?
Diatomaceous Earth is great of sprinkling on the top layer of soil to combat pests that do such as: thrips, aphids, gnats etc.
Hopefully that’s not a destructive critter.

Marq1340 · Sep 13, 2022

CaliRootz88 said:
Are they affecting your plants in anyway?
Diatomaceous Earth is great of sprinkling on the top layer of soil to combat pests that do such as: thrips, aphids, gnats etc.
Hopefully that’s not a destructive critter.

Literally just bought the soil today and noticed upwards of 10 of them burrowing through the soil as I was prepping the pots.

Budzbuddha · Sep 14, 2022

Looks like ground beetles - good guys that eat aphids , caterpillars and other shit.

Marq1340 · Sep 14, 2022

Budzbuddha said:
Looks like ground beetles - good guys that eat aphids , caterpillars and other shit.

Thanks! While searching I came up with that same conclusion as well but wasn't certain.

Really killed my mood, thanks for the assurance.

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