Needing help identifying a bug

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rkmcdon

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• Nov 23, 2020

• #1

Hey everyone. I found the bug below in significant numbers on about a dozen plants and was hoping someone could identify it. The plants are week 7 in flower and appear fine but these little guys just showed up
Any help is appreciated!

 

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firsttimeARE

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• Nov 23, 2020

• #2

Vexing rove beetle

They are fungus gnat and thrip predators

Atheta - Wikipedia

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rkmcdon

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• Nov 24, 2020

• #3

Thank you @firsttimeARE I had considered rove beetles as a possibility, but i thought rove beetles stayed in the soil. I've not seen them on on the flowers before

 

firsttimeARE

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• Nov 24, 2020

• #4

Maybe u got food for them there? Have you checked for signs of bugs?

 

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rkmcdon

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• Nov 24, 2020

• #5

I have plenty of fungus gnats but that's nothing new. We are battling them constantly