ok this is creepy (speaking of bugs...)
so i seem to have nymphs in some of my humidity trays.... they're
teeny tiny black things doing that classic black-flip swimming move.
they're smaller than the hyphen in the previous sentence. they
appeared *after* i washed the trays (they're pyrex baking dishes--they
go in the dishwasher). i keep dumping them and rinsing them, but the
bugs still appear. (fewer in number, but they're there.) i washed all
the plastic pipe fittings and hardware cloth boxes that the plants sit
on in the trays too; clearly some eggs got laid someplace. anyone
seen this before? how do fungus gnats propagate? i can't think of
any aquatic-type bugs that have been hanging around the orchids (which
are on the window seat in my living room--controlled environment).
thoughts? i'd rather not have to dump any major chemicals in the
trays... thx!
--j_a
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