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amaliaforce

03-30-2007 09:22 PM

What in the heck are these bugs?

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I went to water my phals yesterday, and I found teensy little bugs, silver in color, crawling all over the bark of one of my plants.
I've attached pics of a specimen I killed, but my camera is only 4x, so I can only zoom so far.

Any help in IDing the buggers would be very much appreciated!

-Amalia

sjMagoo

03-30-2007 09:30 PM

Those look like springtails to me - harmless to the orchids, they eat decomposed bark I think.

Tindomul

03-30-2007 10:47 PM

Agreed! Let them be. However, springtails love humid conditions. Check to make sure you are not keeping it too wet in the media.

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