Comments on: Springtails http://organicgardensite.com/bugs-beneficial/springtails/ Organic Gardening - saving our planet one yard at a time! Tue, 31 Jan 2012 18:52:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Angela Gorman http://organicgardensite.com/bugs-beneficial/springtails/comment-page-1/#comment-2105 Angela Gorman Fri, 13 May 2011 14:52:19 +0000 http://organicgardensite.com/?p=72#comment-2105 I am not sure if this is what we have or not. They are tiny, white, and look almost like minature worms. I have not look at them with a magnify glass, to tell if they have legs or not. I am finding them on the side of our pool. They do not appear to be doing any damage. I can easly wipe them off, but they keep returning. I am looking for a way to remove and keep them away from our pool. Seeing them there makes me feel like I am not keeping the pool properly maintained. Any information on how to keep them away from my pool would be helpfull. I am not sure if this is what we have or not. They are tiny, white, and look almost like minature worms. I have not look at them with a magnify glass, to tell if they have legs or not.

I am finding them on the side of our pool. They do not appear to be doing any damage. I can easly wipe them off, but they keep returning.

I am looking for a way to remove and keep them away from our pool. Seeing them there makes me feel like I am not keeping the pool properly maintained.

Any information on how to keep them away from my pool would be helpfull.

]]> By: carmen shearer http://organicgardensite.com/bugs-beneficial/springtails/comment-page-1/#comment-1662 carmen shearer Mon, 22 Mar 2010 23:20:16 +0000 http://organicgardensite.com/?p=72#comment-1662 should i erradicate them, they are everywhere and where they are they destroy. Carmen shearer . should i erradicate them, they are everywhere and where they are they destroy.

Carmen shearer .

]]> By: carmen shearer http://organicgardensite.com/bugs-beneficial/springtails/comment-page-1/#comment-1654 carmen shearer Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:56:36 +0000 http://organicgardensite.com/?p=72#comment-1654 they have completly taken over my worm bin, I first noticed them on my lettuce I'm still not sure if that is what they are, very small white creatures with legs and one set of antenae. I can only see them thru magnifiers. they do die in soapy water .should I try to erradicate them? they have completly taken over my worm bin, I first noticed them on my lettuce I’m still not sure if that is what they are, very small white creatures with legs and one set of antenae. I can only see them thru magnifiers. they do die in soapy water .should I try to erradicate them?

]]> By: brp4e. http://organicgardensite.com/bugs-beneficial/springtails/comment-page-1/#comment-1495 brp4e. Sat, 04 Jul 2009 21:13:52 +0000 http://organicgardensite.com/?p=72#comment-1495 i found a small amount in my vivarium on this dead plant i thought was still alive, i killed most of em but imma leave the rest seeing as they are beneficial i found a small amount in my vivarium on this dead plant i thought was still alive, i killed most of em but imma leave the rest seeing as they are beneficial

]]> By: larry http://organicgardensite.com/bugs-beneficial/springtails/comment-page-1/#comment-1392 larry Thu, 19 Feb 2009 00:12:23 +0000 http://organicgardensite.com/?p=72#comment-1392 We now have Springtail appearing in large numbers on top of 10 to 12" of snow. The weather is hovering around 30 to 40 degrees, and the bugs mass on mounds and depressions in the snow, and are generally scattered anywhere you look outside. They have not been a problem inside, however, I am sure we are tracking them in. We live in Spokane, WA. A bug specialist I consulted today also has a sample from a town 20 miles north of us. We now have Springtail appearing in large numbers on top of 10 to 12″ of snow. The weather is hovering around 30 to 40 degrees, and the bugs mass on mounds and depressions in the snow, and are generally scattered anywhere you look outside. They have not been a problem inside, however, I am sure we are tracking them in. We live in Spokane, WA. A bug specialist I consulted today also has a sample from a town 20 miles north of us.

]]> By: sandy http://organicgardensite.com/bugs-beneficial/springtails/comment-page-1/#comment-1069 sandy Mon, 24 Sep 2007 02:44:41 +0000 http://organicgardensite.com/?p=72#comment-1069 i think i might have this type of bug, in my lower cabinets, sometimes i'll find dozens of them in the bottom of a bowl. i don't know what to do. help! i think i might have this type of bug, in my lower cabinets, sometimes i’ll find dozens of them in the bottom of a bowl. i don’t know what to do. help!

]]> By: CadePope http://organicgardensite.com/bugs-beneficial/springtails/comment-page-1/#comment-269 CadePope Sun, 24 Dec 2006 16:46:06 +0000 http://organicgardensite.com/?p=72#comment-269 I have thousands (tens of thousands) of these guys (springtails) living on the surface tension of my swimming pool. I suspect I am under chlorinated. I have thousands (tens of thousands) of these guys (springtails) living on the surface tension of my swimming pool. I suspect I am under chlorinated.

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