Ok, I can't find any help regarding these tiny things.


It appears they came from the sphagnum moss I purchase. BUT that moss was a block dried up, they appeared after I soaked the moss for the first time.
NOT THRIPS, these are tiny, round black insects. Not even big enough to see legs or any other details, appear round and black. That's it.

Are you familiar with fungus gnats? They could be that.

Not fungus gnats, not thrips, not flea beetles, not springtails.

Guaranteed 100%x 10000000000

They don't fly, or jump, just move that's all.

Hmmmnn. Hope someone can help you. I'm at a loss.

Check out oribatid mites.

sooby said:Check out oribatid mites.

Thank you scooby!
Make sense

Moss carries mites, and chiggers

Do these "things" look like the same black bugs that don't move that you had? They are on my Kopper King Hibiscus, cranberry Hibiscus and Tiger Eye Hibiscus/abutilon trees but not on my standard, exotic or tropical bushes about 10 feet away. Thanks!

Tami. Your pest looks like a scale insect.