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Butt ugly bugs killing my potted plants, hellllpppppppp!!!

11 years ago

Ok, must apologize first because I don't have a picture! But, I have a great description. This insect is nasty, we got it from some composted cow manure from Texas. They destroyed almost all of our potted tomatoes last year. I had hoped it wouldn't survive over the winter, but I've noticed them coming back again. There are these nasty small white larvae with a black "point" on them that attacks the roots. Then, they molt into these ugly looking tiny (about 1/4" ) ear wig looking things (they aren't earwigs, not the ones we have around here normally), the adults are half red and half black, and they can and do fly out of the dirt! Before they are totally mature adults they look like red and black thrips until they get their rear pinchers. They love moist soil, the only time I could sort of save a few of my plants was when I let the soil dry out in the pots. Their egg casings are a dull red and are on and in the soil. They are absolutely PUTRID and I want to get some Bt to spray on the dirt to hopefully get rid of these satanic bugs before they decimate my tomatoes again. They also seem to reproduce all year long. Thank you for any information!

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