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It appears that I have some type of larvae growing in one of my pots. They are very small (about 4mm or so) and white/clear. Is this something I should be worried about? I would post pictures, but I don't have my camera cord at the moment.

It should be fine. Most likely it's something that eats dead matter in the ground. If you start to see deformed traps or other problems in a couple of weeks, then you may want to spray with orthonex to kill the bugs.

Thanks for the quick reply! I was hoping that I wouldn't have to repot since my potting materials are about 20 feet away from my camera cord... roughly 450 miles from where I am sitting.

Do they look like this?:

If so, those are fungus gnats. They aren't a problem at all for full grown plants. I've read that they can eat the roots off of seedlings, but I've not witnessed this.

Yeah, as Matt said, that sounds like fungus gnats. They don't seem to do much or any damage to plants, and if you have a drosera (sundew) you can place its growing container near where the fungus gnat larvae are. Drosera really feast on adult fungus gnats. Baby Venus Flytraps like them too.

But don't worry too much about them. Although I have them in the greenhouse occasionally, I have never noticed any adverse affect from them. Whatever damage they might do is not even observable (at least not to me).

Steve

Matt, those look exactly like what I have in my pot.

Thanks for all the help everyone!

have you ever stepped on one bare footed? feels really good.

Wow.. you have VERY sensitive feet...

Matt wrote:Do they look like this?:

If so, those are fungus gnats. They aren't a problem at all for full grown plants. I've read that they can eat the roots off of seedlings, but I've not witnessed this.

Eww eww eww eww!

kevinqwe wrote:have you ever stepped on one bare footed? feels really good.

What does it actually feel like? Hah... Step on it and feed a plant...