I got a couple of new terrarium begonias recently and had them quarantined. One of them had a wooden stake and i removed it and foolishly used to to prop up a different plant without sterilizing it. Well, that begonia that the stake came from popped up with a case of root mealybugs during its quarantine. And the plant that i stupidly reused the stake for is in my main cabinet. Well, now im finding these teeny tiny white bugs running around in my milsbo and i dont know what they are. I am hoping to god these are not juvenile root mealybugs that i have accidntally introduced to my main cabinet. They are <0.5mm, white in color and FAST. I thought for a second they might be little soil mites, but i pulled out my usb microscope and they have these kind of tail-like things on their backside that seem mealy-esque and now im freaking out. Anyone know what these are? They are running around on the outside of the cups i have plants in and there are a lot of them.
by Andrea-nicole24