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Help..Funny tadpole type bugs in my greenhouse

Dneedham2Dneedham2 Posts: 2
in Problem solving
Hi, I’ve got bugs in my cucumber water trays in the greenhouse. They look like a cross between a maggot and a tadpole, the larger are white in colour, the smaller (Am guessing younger) brown. The bigger ones have tails like a tadpole would.  They were really active swimming about earlier in the day, but have gone quite still now. I’ve been growing for a few years but never seen these before. I’ve fished one out with the trowel to take a picture, as I couldn’t figure out how to upload the video.

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  • Blue OnionBlue Onion Posts: 2,995
    Look up pictures of mosquito larvae, and see if those are similar.  
    Utah, USA.
  • Dneedham2Dneedham2 Posts: 2
    Hi blue onion, I’ve tried that and also asked an experienced friend of mine and we didn’t think they were mosquito. 
  • BobTheGardenerBobTheGardener Posts: 11,385
    Try uploading the video to Youtube and posting the shortcut here - the motion may help someone to identify as we can't really see anything in the photo, unfortunately.
    A trowel in the hand is worth a thousand lost under a bush.
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    edited July 2020
    Could it be these ... the larvae of hoverflies? Beneficial insects 😊 

    https://river-life.org.uk/wildlife/invertebrates/rat-tailed-maggot/

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





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