I found this in my JBP soil help!

[Gbhunter77]

These are larvae I assume. Also there were tiny white worms in the soil. The worms were much smaller than these things. What the heck are they?

 

[rockm]

I believe these are moth pupae casings from a cutworm. Check out
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dargida_procinctus
http://bugguide.net/node/view/500729/bgpage

 

[Gbhunter77]

According to the guide it does not occur in Eastern North America. I think thats what stunted my pines growth. I hope it did not kill it.

 

[Gbhunter77]

Im not sure if they were consuming the roots.

 

[justBonsai]

maggot coccons. For my pine small flies are attracted to the fertilizer bag and lag maggots in the soil. Doesn't seem to effect the health of the tree at all.

 

[Gbhunter77]

Ohh that explains it. I use Hoko bio fertilizer which is chicken droppings among other things. Whew thank you. I think the tree is struggling a bit due to a pretty heavy root loss during repoting. I do not think it will die but it will take a year or more to recover.