Comment on My houseplants have small dead bugs around them, what are these? 🌿🐜

• glimse@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Only in extremely large numbers! The larvae would have to run out of easy-to-get food in the soil before turning on the much more difficult-to-eat plant

  Adult fungus gnats do not feed on or damage plants but are a cosmetic nuisance. Fungus gnat larvae typically feed on decaying organic matter and fungi in the soil. However, if larval numbers are high, they may damage roots by feeding on root hairs or tunneling into the roots themselves. This sort of damage is rare in home settings.

  I came home from a trip to an infestation so bad it looked like I was trying to breed gnats. I was cleaning bug crap off the walls for weeks but my plants were totally fine

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