What Are Tiny White Eggs in Houseplant Soil: Detect with Images

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 detect your problem by comparing them with images
• Then, I will tell you about other things that you may mistake for tiny white eggs in your houseplant’s soil.

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Part 1: Real Tiny white Eggs in Houseplant Soil

1- Bugs’ Tiny White Eggs

There are common tiny bugs in houseplants that lay their white eggs in plant soil. In the following, you can find out them and their images.

Spider Tiny White Eggs in Houseplant Soil

• Spiders lay their eggs inside sphere sacs similar to golf balls, although Its Size is often smaller than a quarter inside the soil.
• Spider egg sacs are usually white or light-coloured.
• The sacks’ appearance is smooth or raggedy.

In the bellow, you can see the image of a spider’s egg’s sacs.

Root Mealybugs’ White Eggs in Houseplant Soil

Root mealybugs are a common harmful pest that lives inside the soil on your houseplant’s roots. The female lays eggs in cottony egg sacs. You may find out them fluffy deposits of white powder or small white puffs of cotton. Please see its image below and compare it with your spot.

Ants’  White Egg in Houseplant Soil

Ants make their home inside the soil and their white eggs in plant soil are like a clump of rice grains. In addition, after hatching larvae are similar to white tiny eggs too. in the following, you can see the ant’s eggs inside the houseplant’s soil.

Flies’ Eggs in Houseplant Soil

Some flies lay their eggs in damp and moist environments such as the soil of your houseplants. These eggs are similar to a cluster of rice grains. In addition, you may mistake their larva for tiny white eggs too. See the image of flies’ eggs in the houseplant soil.

Fungus gnats’ Tiny White Eggs in Houseplant Soil

Fungus Gnat females lay eggs in your houseplant soil especially because they love the moist organic debris for laying. Their eggs are very tiny and you cannot see them without your magnifying glass or a good hand lens.

If you spot Fungus Gnats while flying near your houseplant, you should think about their eggs inside the soil of your potted plant too.

Springtails’ Eggs in Houseplant Soil

Springtails lay their tiny spherical eggs in small groups. However, you can rarely see their eggs without your magnifying glass because their eggs are about 0.2 mm., they prefer to lay in moist soil that is rich in organic. You can see the springtails’ white eggs in the plant soil below.

2- Snail or Slug Tiny White Eggs in Houseplant Soil

If you spot snails or slugs on your houseplant, you may find their eggs under leaves or above the surface of your houseplant’s soil. You even may find them under the decorated rocks in your houseplant pots or rotting wood on the soil. They love dark and moist environments for laying.

Depending on the species the eggs’ shape can be spherical or oval which is about 5 mm in diameter (near the size of a small pea) are covered by a gelatinous slime.

The eggs are white or creamy and the mature eggs will change to pink.

Part 2: Things Similar to Tiny White Eggs in Houseplant Soil

In this part, we will speak with you about things that you may mistake for white eggs in your houseplant’s soil.

1- Granular Fertilizers in the Houseplant Soil

Granular fertilizers also known as pellets of slow-release fertilizer are tiny white to yellow-brown spheres. Hence some people, especially after buying a new houseplant, when see them in their houseplant soil get shocked and think they are tiny white bugs in their houseplants’ soil. See their image below this paragraph.

2- Tiny White Polystyrene Balls in the Houseplant Soil

After buying a new houseplant you may spot tiny styrofoam-like particles in its soil. They are mineral particles that are also known as perlite.

Commercial vendors usually add perlites to the soil to improve soil drainage and promote aerated soil. some people mistake perlites for tiny white bugs in soil.

3- Mold or Mushrooms

The spores of fungi (such as Mold and Mushrooms) are living everywhere such as potting mixes with organic matter. After preparing their favourite condition, they will grow on the soil of your houseplant. Some people may mistake the white moulds and white fungus balls (White mushrooms in houseplants) for tiny white eggs in the soil. In the following, you can see the image of them on the soil.

3- Tiny White Bugs

Some people mistake the tiny bugs such as Soil mites for tiny white eggs. These small white bugs live and move inside the soil. Read “Tiny white bugs in houseplant soil + Detect them by their images”. See their image and compare it with your annoying guests. You should grab your magnifying glass too.

Conclusion

After reading this article, now you can identify tiny white eggs in your houseplant. Did you find the answer to your question in this article? Are tiny white eggs in your houseplant real eggs or not? What is your policy about these tiny white eggs? Do you know how to get rid of them? Do you know other things that may be like tiny white eggs in houseplant soil? Please share your ideas and experiences below this page.