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11 Mar 2009, 10:16 am

I saw these tiny white bugs crawling about the potting material of my cactus garden last night.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kc3dHgINyn4[/youtube]



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11 Mar 2009, 10:52 pm

Cool video, digger1! :thumleft:

I don't know what those are -- I've seen them in my pots of lavender and lobelia seeds.

There's this wonderful cacti and succulent forum that I belong to that you should check out. http://www.cactiguide.com Those guys would probably take one look and know exactly what those are. You can't embed videos on that forum, so you'd have to post a link. BTW, I told these folks that I'm an Aspie and they've accepted me unconditionally. :D Nice people.

The baby cacti are adorable! Do you know what species they are?


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11 Mar 2009, 11:06 pm

Problem solved!

http://www.cactusmuseum.com/pests.asp

Arg, too late =( Might still be useful...



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11 Mar 2009, 11:09 pm

digger1 wrote:
http://www.cactiguide.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=11375

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Omigoodness! I read the first post in that thread shortly after you posted it. I had no idea that was you! 8O

It's good to know they're harmless. :) I have bark in my soil mix too, so daiv's probably right. I think I'll just live with mine.


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11 Mar 2009, 11:11 pm

phil777 wrote:
Problem solved!

http://www.cactusmuseum.com/pests.asp

Arg, too late =( Might still be useful...

Good basic list of cacti pests, but not what digger1 has.

It was determined on the other forum that these are wood mites.


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11 Mar 2009, 11:22 pm

The most common one with cacti and succulents is 'mealy bug' which is a white bug. The other one is 'scale' which is like a flat 'limpet' type of thing that just clings to the cacti.

White oil is the most common pesticide and kills most cacti bugs. You can get it easily and it's cheap.