What could this be???

[biothanasis]

Hello all,

I found these two under one of the leaves of a paph of mine..!! Do you have any idea what it might be?? They were 2-3 cm apart, they are not crashed and they are very tiny as you can see. Should I worry or treat them with something??? TYIA

 

[Shiva]

Do they move?

 

[biothanasis]

Nope...! I've left them on a self and they haven't moved for a couple of hours! They are less than 0.5mm...

 

[Shiva]

Could it be oxalis seeds?

 

[SlipperFan]

Could it be oxalis seeds?

That was my first thought when I saw them.

 

[Rick]

Insect eggs?

 

[rdlsreno]

That was my first thought when I saw them.

I agree.

Ramon

 

[Clark]

dung

 

[Eric Muehlbauer]

Oxalis seeds.

 

[Candace]

Alien larvae waiting for a human host. Oops, too late.

 

[JeanLux]

... They are less than 0.5mm...

I have quite some beasts that size living esp. on the roots of my catts!! I had them examined under a microscope in a lab, and the guy told me those were sort of spiders having 8 legs!!! So size and color correspond but mine move !!! Jean

 

[Ricky]

Maybe some dead Oribatids? Usually harmless.

http://www.hark-orchideen.de/Pflanzenschutz/Moosmilben/biologie.php?lang=en&navID=99

 

[biothanasis]

Thank you all for the answers!!! Probaply it is not harmful, but I was curious. The seed answer might have more potential but the oribatitids sound logical too...! But who knows....!

 

[NYEric]

Spoors!
No probably just clover seeds.

 

[biothanasis]

So, no worry for my plants...

 

[SlipperFan]

So, no worry for my plants...

If you have oxalis anywhere near where you found these, I'm sure they are seeds. Oxalis can shoot their seed quite far.

 

[cnycharles]

I remember finding something similar in my apartment and was worried that cockroaches had migrated to there from work, but a co-worker told me that they figured they weren't eggs but oxalis seeds though I think they were a bit redder than that (but they had those sort of 'dots' or indentations on the surface like your things do)

 

[JeanLux]

Maybe some dead Oribatids? Usually harmless.

http://www.hark-orchideen.de/Pflanzenschutz/Moosmilben/biologie.php?lang=en&navID=99

Thanks those seem to be what is moving around here!!!! Jean

 

[biothanasis]

If you have oxalis anywhere near where you found these, I'm sure they are seeds. Oxalis can shoot their seed quite far.

Probably the seller had them in the nursery?? Or in the potting mix?? I have them indoors with other orchids... Charles thank you for the info...

 

[SlipperFan]

Probably the seller had them in the nursery?? Or in the potting mix?? I have them indoors with other orchids... Charles thank you for the info...

That's possible. But oxalis also grows in the ground, and it's very hard to get rid of it completely.