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    What is this please and should I be afraid

    I was going to say should I be scared but that would just be too weird.

    So... I saw these in the dirty bird bath and I wonder if anyone knows what they are. They are about 1cm and have tails that are about the same length. They are very active (squirming around a lot in a "huddle")

    THOSE OF A SQUEAMISH NATURE don't enlarge the picture
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    yup .... leg it .... they will eat you

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    • #3
      Originally posted by lynda66 View Post
      yup .... leg it .... they will eat you
      Bu@@er, and I thought I could eat them
      Last edited by scarey55; 21-05-2009, 02:20 PM.
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      • #4
        Look like tadpoles to me


        Bu@@er, and I thought I could eat them
        You could maybe eat their legs when they're grown, you're in the right place for it
        Last edited by pdblake; 21-05-2009, 02:43 PM.
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        • #5
          I think it might be mosquito larvae.
          Happy Gardening,
          Shirley

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          • #6
            Originally posted by shirlthegirl43 View Post
            I think it might be mosquito larvae.
            Originally posted by pdblake View Post
            Look like tadpoles to me
            Oh Noooo, now I don't know whether to keep them or kill them

            Originally posted by pdblake View Post
            You could maybe eat their legs when they're grown, you're in the right place for it
            pmsl They do say - if it moves, the French probably have a recipe for it
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            • #7


              This is a pic of mozzie larvae, do they look anything like that? (Look a bit similar I think..)

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              • #8
                Could well be Sarz, I didn't think they got that big - I think I will put the whole lot right down at the end of the garden and let nature take its course. That way, if they are goodies they will survive and if they are mossies, they will be far enough away not to bother me.
                A garden is a lovesome thing, God wot! (Thomas Edward Brown)

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                • #9
                  I think it is the larva of a hoverfly, when I was a kid we called them 'rat tails' They breathe through the tail.

                  I'll try to attach a picture.
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                  • #10
                    Ooh, that looks a lot like them thank you. I have relocated them to the bottom of the garden but I might just put them near my broad beans so that they have some ready made aphids to feed on when they emerge
                    A garden is a lovesome thing, God wot! (Thomas Edward Brown)

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                    • #11
                      Oh, you don't want to read this: Intestinal Myiasis Caused by Eristalis tenax
                      All gardeners know better than other gardeners." -- Chinese Proverb.

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                      • #12
                        Eeuww! I know, I know, you said don't but, I couldn't help myself.
                        A garden is a lovesome thing, God wot! (Thomas Edward Brown)

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                        • #13
                          Nope, not mosquito larvae...
                          They are rat-tailed maggots -what a delightful name eh?

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