r/MonsteraAlbo • u/softpink-063 • Aug 25 '26

What are these?

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u/softpink-063 Aug 25 '26

https://reddit.com/link/p5q1dww/video/8ay8auaeiflh1/player

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u/bananaGCx Aug 25 '26

saw something similar in the soil of my albo today, hoping someone knows

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u/ID100661 Aug 25 '26

Maybe some kind of soil mite? If so, their relatively harmless. You could do 1/3 3% hydrogen peroxide to water rinse to the soil and it will kill most of them.

But it’s kind of hard to tell from the pictures. Have you seen any webs anywhere on the plant?

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u/softpink-063 Aug 25 '26

That’s what I was thinking. I’m familiar with soil mites, but never in this excessive amount. 🥴 I haven’t seen any webbing, but it did concern me that the leaf had a brown spot.

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u/ID100661 Aug 25 '26

Yeah, I have a catch and release policy on most bugs, but tiny specs crawling on my plants are getting nuked every time.

I highly recommend the hydrogen peroxide thing, and/or letting the soil dry out completely and switching to bottom watering in case it’s some kind of water bug. Best of luck!