Help ID Bugs (came with a plant)

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  1. zedwunare

    zedwunare

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    Hi

    I ordered a plant from an online store locally. It took a couple of days to arrive via courier so I thought let me re-hydrate it a bit in a separate tupperware to also make sure there weren't any undesirable critters. I threw in a few newly bought shrimp shelter blocks to just clean off any residue.

    Well it didn't take long before I noticed movement and a number of little bugs started crawling out of the water. They're quite tiny. Any idea what these are? I have a suspicion, see at the end.

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    I couldn't find an aquatic bug like this, but I did find bed bugs :eek: which these look similar to? But how did bed bugs get into an aquatic plant packet??!?!
     
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    Looks like Aphids to me
     
    A new day and zedwunare like this.
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    zedwunare

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    Ah okay good one! I think you're right, dunno how I missed that!

    Thank you, that was so quick!
     

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