What the hell are these things?

[Vegan4life]

I just noticed fungus gnats in my living organic grow last weekend. I treated soil with beneficial nematodes and added 3/4" of perlite to cover soil. I may add mosquito dunks to my RO water.

So i put down glue traps to catch gnats. I am catching them, but now I am also catching very small bugs about the size of pin points, appear black or dark brown in color. I took pics with my trichome microscope (zoom is more than 50 times). Anyone have any ideas what they are? There may be several different species???

 

[Pbass]

Hiya @Vegan4life I looked around a bit, the first one looks like maybe its a black aphid (a bit smushed?), with a lil baby next to it. Not sure on the second pic. Interweb chants help, so here you go, cheers and good luck:

NO BUGS NO BUGS NO BUGS NO BUGS!!!

 

[Vegan4life]

The black one that looks smushed is stuck to the glue board, the other one is on a paper plate and is alive.

I just identified another bug stuck to the glue board, I believe it is a springtail, I have read that springtails are beneficial to organic soil, see pic below.