friend or foe because I really dont know....

[kindrag23]

Praise the lord we have had a week of rain almost!!! Our local lake is up 1.5 feet over all and all the tanks are running over been a long time since I have seen that!! HURRAY! KEEP IT COMING I SAY!

okay rain dancing aside. Lol. I knew with all the rain my orchids in my green house would be soaked from the screened windows being opened for the good air flow. They were soaking wet with a hint of rot on one phulb nothing major. But I found several of these little beatles bug things running through them and I am not sure if its a non issue or an issue.

[Optimist]

Well it is a bug rather than an insect.

[kindrag23]

Originally Posted by Optimist

Well it is a bug rather than an insect.

So should I be concerned will they munch on my roots or new growths? I've never had issues with these bugs before so I am clueless.

[Orchid Whisperer]

Originally Posted by Optimist

Well it is a bug rather than an insect.

True bugs are insects.

[desertanimal]

And hard to say for sure from the picture on my phone, but that insect doesn't look like a true bug. These pedantics are, however, perhaps, irrelevant to the OP.

[Optimist]

Sorry.

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It is a Sehirus Cintus or white margined burrower bug. Yes the eat plants, mainly of the nettle and mint family. Google it and see if you think this might be a problem. It might have been trying to get out of the rain.

[kindrag23]

Originally Posted by Optimist

Sorry.

---------- Post added at 10:35 PM ---------- Previous post was at 10:23 PM ----------

It is a Sehirus Cintus or white margined burrower bug. Yes the eat plants, mainly of the nettle and mint family. Google it and see if you think this might be a problem. It might have been trying to get out of the rain.

Thank you. I had one plant that had about 4 come crawling out but I could not see any real damage. I have some thistle and mint growing from falleb bird seed not to far away that may be where they are coming from.

[Optimist]

Keep an eye out for them. Adult females are one of the only bug with brooding instincts. They lay a zillion eggs and bring them food. Then the little eggs hatch, and you have a zillion microscopic babys. If the same adult feemale keeps coming around, most likely there are babies. This is not an urban myth, I read it on Wikipedia.

[kindrag23]

Ew great a little burrower bug infestation so gross. Thanks I can handle agave moth larvea that are humongous because they airate my hibisus planting media and dont hurt thw plants but this could be a problem!