Bugs Living In My Pot Plants Soil

Question

recently I wanted to grow tea herbs so i bought some pots with seeds and coconut soil. Not even a week passed and i found some maggots or just larvea in the soil(see picture). I want to ask if they are harmfull to my plant? and if so how to get rid of them? The herbs I am planting are thym, lemon balm, chamomille and mints.

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Answer 1

It is a little hard to see from the picture, but they look like root maggots.

Here is an article that will help:

https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/plant-problems/pests/insects/root-maggots.htm