help ID'ing tiny bugs in soil

[gorb]

Hey everyone, i just got a tigerbark ficus from a local nursery and noticed these tiny little bugs, i only really noticed them after disturbing the soil, they seem to stay under the surface. While crawling in the soil they look white.
they might be able to hop, i was trying to nudge it with a pencil to see if it would but im not sure if i flicked it or it hopped on its own. does anybody know what these are, and if they're dangerous to my tree?

 

[Wires_Guy_wires]

Springtails, probably.
They do no damage to your tree, they eat compost.

 

[sorce]

Welcome to Crazy!

Sorce

 

[Mike Corazzi]

Springtails, probably.
They do no damage to your tree, they eat compost.

..............ew.............

 

[Wires_Guy_wires]

..............ew.............

What?!
Are you implying you never tried eating compost? Where do you think those vegetables get their vitamins from?!

 

[Mike Corazzi]

What?!
Are you implying you never tried eating compost? Where do you think those vegetables get their vitamins from?!

 

[fredman]

Hey everyone, i just got a tigerbark ficus from a local nursery and noticed these tiny little bugs, i only really noticed them after disturbing the soil, they seem to stay under the surface. While crawling in the soil they look white.
they might be able to hop, i was trying to nudge it with a pencil to see if it would but im not sure if i flicked it or it hopped on its own. does anybody know what these are, and if they're dangerous to my tree?




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That's a good thing. Keep them alive. They are the top predators in your pot...there are billions of other ones that hopefully makes a balanced eco system in there. Your tree will be better off for it.