Soil Larvae ID Help

infdjedi

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Sup guys,

Got a bit of an infestation here in my soil.. hoping some of you guys know what this is. I think they are fungus gnats.. HOWEVER; i've had them before and the adult stage (flying) has typically been a lot larger than what I am seeing now. I only see the adult stage when I water, they float on top of the water for a bit and then settle back into the soil. It's when I pull some soil and put it under my microscope is when I can see how bad it is...

COCO.. 3rd week in flower. The only thing I have used a few times for IPM is GNATROL WDG powder. That bacteria.

They are a white/clear larvae with no visible features. Just looks like a leech or something that moves through the soil. They have little holes that they pop out of. I have had sticky traps over my soil for 3 days now and have barely caught anything. Typically when I have gnats the sticky traps get loaded with adult fliers.

Any help is much appreciated...

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I can see 4 of them in this pic...
 

infdjedi

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Actually I was trying to take better pictures and it looks like I have 2 pests.. or they are the same pests different stages.

Instead of a worm / leech like.. this second one has legs, face, etc. here are a couple more pics. all in soil. nothing on plants.


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infdjedi

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OK Thank you. NEver heard of pot worms before but these look just like all the pictures I am seeing. From all the reading i've done; they do not seem to be a big deal for anyone other than being a pest.

Since I am only in week 3 flower i went a head and did an Azamax soil drench. Will do 1 more in a week and let you guys know how I made out.

Thank you!
 

infdjedi

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Update:

Did a full dose Azamax drench yesterday. I can confidently say I see about 75% activity in my samples today than I did 2 days ago. Going to wait 5 days and hit it one more time. That should then give me 4-6 weeks of no treatment before harvest. Thanks for the ID help guys..
 
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