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Weird Critters in my Water Butt

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    Weird Critters in my Water Butt

    Don't know what they are but I'm guessing larvae of some description.

    They have a rectangular shaped body about 8 mm long with a flagellum around 30 mm. Look like giant bacteria.

    Shudder. Revolting looking things. Anyway know what they are?

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    Originally posted by pacharan View Post
    Don't know what they are but I'm guessing larvae of some description.

    They have a rectangular shaped body about 8 mm long with a flagellum around 30 mm. Look like giant bacteria.

    Shudder. Revolting looking things. Anyway know what they are?
    Have you been using protection?

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      #3
      Originally posted by pacharan View Post
      Don't know what they are but I'm guessing larvae of some description.

      They have a rectangular shaped body about 8 mm long with a flagellum around 30 mm. Look like giant bacteria.

      Shudder. Revolting looking things. Anyway know what they are?
      silicon based life forms.

      probbly chips for the iButt

      (\__/)
      (>'.'<)
      ("")("") Born to Drink. Forced to Work

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        #4
        Rat-tailed maggot or Drone fly larva?

        Syrphidae, hover flies

        http://ipm.ncsu.edu/ag369/notes/rattailed_maggots.html
        Last edited by xoggoth; 17 June 2012, 18:45.
        bloggoth

        If everything isn't black and white, I say, 'Why the hell not?'
        John Wayne (My guru, not to be confused with my beloved prophet Jeremy Clarkson)

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          #5
          Originally posted by pacharan View Post
          Don't know what they are but I'm guessing larvae of some description.

          They have a rectangular shaped body about 8 mm long with a flagellum around 30 mm. Look like giant bacteria.

          Shudder. Revolting looking things. Anyway know what they are?
          Photo please you Numpty

          of the creatures, Not your butt
          Confusion is a natural state of being

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            #6
            Originally posted by xoggoth View Post
            Rat-tailed maggot or Drone fly larva?

            Syrphidae, hover flies
            Yes, I think that's what they are.


            Apparently hover flies are good to have in the garden and people encourage them to breed by leaving buckets of stagnant water in the garden.

            Link

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              #7
              My fee for the advice is only £300
              bloggoth

              If everything isn't black and white, I say, 'Why the hell not?'
              John Wayne (My guru, not to be confused with my beloved prophet Jeremy Clarkson)

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                #8
                Is the sockiemaster same dullard who was posting under Gricer name?

                It was less dull to listen to Brezhnev

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                  #9
                  Originally posted by xoggoth View Post
                  My fee for the advice is only £300
                  Let's call it quits as I'm sure my post has given you an idea for your next app!

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                    #10
                    Had an flying army of horseflys come out of bucket of stagnant water recently, the horsefly in Scotland is called the clegg, horrible blood sucking things they are.

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