House Plant Pests

Where do thrips come from? Answering this question is important because it helps you to prevent thrips infestation. Always prevention is easier than treatment. Based on my experience, Thrips often come to your house after adding a new plant or bouquet to your house decor. They also can fly into from an open window.  However, other ways are also possible to appear Thrips on houseplants. I'm a horticultural consultant and want to discuss it in this post. Join me here to show all the ways that thrips come indoors and tell you how to prevent them. Thrips suck the sap…

Have you spotted thrips on your houseplants or garden and are worried about thrips biting? You must know thrips bite humans and often cause small pink dots on skins without any sense and you can easily treat it with washing with soapy water. However, the Thrips bite can be hard for sensitive skin and those with allergies. hence keep reading to tell you more. Here you will find everything you should know about thrips bite and the below questions answers: Do Thrips Bite me or my pets? Why? What are the thrips bite symptoms? How does it feel like? Is…

Have you spotted thrips on your houseplant or garden and are searching for a functional natural way to get rid of them? Indeed, ladybugs eat thrips and getting help from them can be a perfect strategy if you know how to use the ladybirds. Join me in this blog to tell you all things you should know. If you keep reading, I will answer the following questions: How will ladybugs control thrips on plants? Do ladybirds eat thrips? ladybugs eat thrips at which stage of their life cycle? Adults or larvae? How to use ladybirds to control thrips on your…

May you think someone spread powder on your houseplant but if you spot them closely, you will find tiny white bugs on them: Mealybugs on houseplants. Join us in this article to tell you: What are mealybugs on your houseplant? (Their appearance, habit and symptom of the infested plant) What causes mealybugs on your houseplant? Where do mealybugs come from? How to get rid of them and prevent them from again infestation? You should know mealybugs are only one kind of common tiny bug that you may find on your houseplant. hence, if you are not sure about the identity…

If you have a weak houseplant that you cannot solve its problem with fertilizing, join us in this article to speak with you about tiny white dots in houseplant soil: Root Mealybugs. In the following, we will help you design a perfect strategy to get rid of mealybugs in your houseplant soil. In the present article, we want to speak with you about root mealybugs, however, in addition to mealybugs, there are about 6 common tiny bugs that live in houseplant soil including: Root Aphids Isopods (Pill bugs) Springtails Scales Fungus gnats Earwigs Some of these tiny bugs attack your…

Based on my experience, most tiny silver bugs in houseplant soil are springtails, root aphids, root mealybugs, soil mites, isopods or even silverfish. If you are shocked by a hundred tiny silver bugs in your potted soil and are searching for a way to get rid of them, I’m here to help you. My academic major is plant protection, I work as a horticultural consultant. In this post, I want to answer the frequent questions people often ask me about silver bugs in soil. One morning, when I was watering my beautiful Monstera plant many years ago, I saw tiny white…

Pot worms, Grub worms, Gnats larvae or even Nematodes can be tiny white worms in houseplant soil. Are you thinking about how these tiny white worms come into your indoor plant soil? Can they damage your houseplant? How to get rid of them? Join me here to tell you all the things you should know about the tiny white worms in plant soil. Hi, I'm a horticultural consultant (I have a PhD in plant protection science) and here, I want to answer one of the common concerns of gardeners: Tiny White Worms in Plant Soil. People often ask me "What…

What are these tiny white bugs in my houseplant soil? Are they harmful to my potted plant? How can get rid of them? To find the answer to these questions, join us in this article. There are 5 common white bugs in houseplant soil some of them are trouble pests and some are beneficial. These tiny white bugs include: Root Aphids Fungus gnats Springtails Isopods Root mealybugs (root scales) To find whether your tiny bugs are harmful to your houseplant or not and how you can control them, you must first identify them correctly. Hence, here, we will talk about…

Have you spotted tiny white eggs in houseplant soil and are searching for what these are? My experience shows these tiny white eggs may be real eggs belonging to snails, slugs or bugs such as spiders, root mealybugs, ants, etc. However, some people may confuse the tiny white bugs, some mold and mushrooms or even granule fertilizers with tiny white eggs too. Join me in this article to help you detect the tiny white eggs in houseplant soil through their images. First, I speak with you about the eggs of several common tiny bugs in houseplants’ soils and help you…

In this article I want to speak with you about the tiny bugs in houseplant soil; who are they? Are they harmful to your potted plant? After reading this article you will answer these questions easily. Most of the tiny bugs that you may spot in your houseplant’s soil belong to one of the following bugs: Root Aphids Isopods (Pill bugs) Springtails Mealybugs (Scales) Fungus gnats Earwigs Because the above tiny bugs live inside the soil, you may not spot them easily, hence, in the following: First, I tell you about the symptoms of the infected plant. Then, I show…