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What the on earth is this

SwedboySwedboy Posts: 394
in Problem solving
Found this in my wormery today. Is it some kind of baby slug? It looks evil!

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  • IlikeplantsIlikeplants Posts: 894
    Maggots?

    I found rat tailed maggots, now they look grim but apparently quite harmless.
  • SwedboySwedboy Posts: 394
    edited September 2021
    Possibly but how would they gave gotten into the wormery?
    Edit. The things in the photo are smooth and not ribbed. None of the pictures I've seen look this smooth.
  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    Are they wriggling?
    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    Larvae of some kind by the look of them. 
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • SwedboySwedboy Posts: 394
    Wriggling?

    Probably. I'm going to remove them.
  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    Yes, larvae.  They definitely have the tail. 
    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • IlikeplantsIlikeplants Posts: 894
    I had maggots in my kitchen waste compost bin one time when I tried an outdoor wormery with tight lid. I don’t know how they got in. I haven’t really bothered with composting kitchen waste again since.
  • SwedboySwedboy Posts: 394
    This is the first time I've had something like this. Slugs and banana flies yes.
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