.Does anyone know what’s living in my new/first bonsai? Should I be concerned? Anything I can do?

[Paul Broun]

Hi. New to the group. First one. I want to do well. So far so good. I have some new growth.
Seems to be happy, but there is a tenant.?

 

[sorce]

Creepy!

Welcome to Crazy!

Sorce

 

[Gsquared]

Looks like it could be worm casting, but there’s a lot of them for a pot that size. Big worm?

 

[Bonsaihead]

? gave me the heebie-jeebies

 

[WNC Bonsai]

Looks like caterpillar droppings to me. Check your foliage for them or anything that doesn’t look like foliage in case they are in a web. I would suspect sawflies.

 

[Wires_Guy_wires]

Caterpillar dropping or snail dropping are usually black in my yard. I think it's just a giant worm that's doing some root work for you.
If the dry droppings turn to sand when crunched between your fingers, it's a worm. If they turn to sawdust, burn the tree. If it's sticky and gooey (and pitch black) when wet, but not sand-like, it's either snails or caterpillars.

 

[zelk]

Knowing the species of tree could help narrow it down but to be honest I’ve never seen anything like that.


It’s probably the devil

 

[twisted trees]

That looks like a larch. Do you get gypsy moths in your area? They are fond of larch.

 

[twisted trees]

Knowing the species of tree could help narrow it down but to be honest I’ve never seen anything like that.


It’s probably the devil

Small castings for Satan. I imagined him being much bigger.

 

[Wires_Guy_wires]

Small castings for Satan. I imagined him being much bigger.

They say he is in the details. Is that what they mean by that?

 

[substratum]

What part of the country are you in?
In north Florida we have varieties of wasps that will bore a solitary hole in the ground and leave a little pile of dirt similar to your pic, though the granules in your pile does have a sort of “processed” look like the work of a worm. I never worry about these particular ground wasps because they are not nesting (nesting wasps, I am wary of).

 

[Cable]

I say you take off and nuke the entire site from orbit. It’s the only way to be sure.

 

[Paul Broun]

I say you take off and nuke the entire site from orbit. It’s the only way to be sure.

That’s some funny shit, right there.?

 

[Michael P]

I raise earthworms. Those are earthworm castings.

 

[Silentrunning]

Agreed

 

[hemmy]

Whatever you do, don’t say Beetlejuice 3 times!

 

[twisted trees]

I raise earthworms. Those are earthworm castings.

If that's the case there may be too much organic material in the soil.