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Larvae in my pond
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Hi - just spotted lots of these swimming about in my pond amongst my tadpoles but I've no idea whether I should be concerned. They're tiny and move really quickly. Can anyone identify them for me?
Although they look very like teeny tiny tadpoles, close up they have little bits sticking out all along their sides.
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I think it's mosquito larvae - with any luck the tadpoles will eat most of them.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
mosquito larvae, and if the tadpoles don't eat them all once they emerge as adults they'll be eating you!
Mosquito larvae