Tiny Black Bugs On Indoor Plants

Fungus gnats are tiny flying insects often mistaken for fruit flies.

Tiny black bugs on indoor plants.

If tiny bugs are flying around your houseplants they re most likely spider mites or fungus gnats. However when you find tiny black bugs called gnats or fruit flies on your plants you must get rid of them. What are these tiny and annoying black flies. They feed on the juice of your houseplants slowly killing them.

Placing plants in your home increases oxygen adds a decorative touch and contributes to stress reduction. To avoid infecting your houseplants never plant them in garden soil. Video of the day. The tiny black bugs on plants are normally either fungus gnats aphids or spider mites.

These black insects up to 1 8 inch long are a flying nuisance in the home and in greenhouses but do not actively damage plants. Early detection of these indoor plant bugs is important since spider mites can do a lot of damage and spread rapidly with eggs hatching only days after being laid. Here s one for the most common of all gnats. To check for infestation shake the pot if you see tiny flies scattering in swarms its most likely fungus gnats 1 2 facts about fungus gnats fungus gnats are mainly result of overwatering the plants thrives breeds in humid damp soil.

Small black insects on the surface of houseplant soil or around container grown plants are likely to be fungus gnats. A fungus gnat is much smaller than a fruit fly and has a tiny black body while fruit flies are commonly tan and have very visible bodies. Although gnats do not feed on plant leaves they multiply and get into the soil and harm the plant s roots. Fungus gnats soil gnats are soil dwelling small black houseplant pests that feed on fungus clusters of red brown yellow or green bugs on indoor plants aphids also called greenfly or blackfly are common bugs in houseplants.

As with thrips you can tap or brush leaves over a piece of paper and to identify spider mites which may be visible as very tiny slow moving dots that will leave streaks if crushed. You could also use your shower to give your plant a shower. Take your plant outside perch it down give it a shower with the strongest jet spray it can handle and wash those bugs away. By alex bramwell fungus gnats are a nuisance on indoor plants.

These pests reproduce in the soil and when the population gets large the damage to your plants becomes noticeable.