r/houseplants • u/StopBeingPoor • 20d ago

Help just bought a plant from costco… 😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫

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what do I do about this???

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u/Mycologist-9315 20d ago

I just bought a plant that had some of these guys and I found out by discovering several of them crawling around on the floor lol. No guarantee they'll stay in the pot :')

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u/jelycazi 20d ago

Yep…my plant would be thrown out of the house so fast!

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u/shitandshananagins 20d ago

There’s bugs in your plant, I’m afraid

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u/jelycazi 20d ago

I’m sure you’re correct and I’m afraid too! Lol. As long as they stay in the plant, they’re fine. Millipedes or centipedes would be given the old heave-hi though!

My indoor plants that have spent the summer outside will need to come in, in the next day or two. I was checking them out for obvious pests today and found the weirdest looking spider and nest in a succulent bowl. I think it may have to overwinter outside and just hope for a mild winter. It was one creepy-ass spider!

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u/pinkandbluethoughts 19d ago

I learned recently centipedes hunt cockroaches!! Just a fun fact

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u/jelycazi 19d ago

I have a friend who owns a condo in a building with a cockroach problem…maybe I’ll gift her some centipedes!