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[CWH]

Can anybody tell me what these tiny wiggly things are please? (I've uploaded 3 photos 'cause they're rubbish & not very clear.) I know there've been waterboatmen in this tub.
Is the garden about to be overwhelmed with something?
Are they good for the birds/ frogs/ toads?

 

[icantremember]

Could be mosquito larvae.

 

[CWH]

Could be mosquito larva.

Thanks (I think!) Glad we're going away tomorrow then.....

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[icantremember]

Something for the bats to feed on when they emerge.

 

[mariner]

Bit unfair on your neighbours.

Aren't there enough Mossies in the world, without adding this lot?

Destroy them, would be my advice?

 

[rangi]

Just a couple or three drops of olive oil on the surface of the pond gets 'em' Suffercates them as they emerge.

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[CWH]

Thanks for the information everyone.
What I did before I left home this morning was tip 'em out - hope it works! If I'd read your tip about olive oil beforehand Rangi I'd have done that.

 

[icantremember]

Just a couple or three drops of olive oil on the surface of the pond gets 'em' Suffercates them as they emerge.

....... and they would be ready for cooking!

 

[Campercaillie]

Hard to get the scale in your photos - but could it be one of these .....??
This is the larvae of a diving water-beetle - vicious little predators in a pond. This one here, photographed in my pond here, can be seen feeding on a tadpole, which they are particularly fond of. They come to the surface frequently to breathe (through their back end!!)

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[pappajohn]

They come to the surface frequently to breathe talk (through their back end!!)

A bit like some on here then.....

 

[old-mo]

"Midges"....... Get a very fine net and scoop as many out as you can and leave them in the upturned net..

In this weather they will soon pass away...

 

[MikeD]

Sorry but i can't help. But I bet they bite when they emerge

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[CWH]

Hard to get the scale in your photos

Good point. They're tiny - more likely the taddies would eat them I think!

A bit like some on here then.....

Now could I possibly "like" that?

Get a very fine net and scoop as many out as you can and leave them in the upturned net.. In this weather they will soon pass away...

They're dumped now - so that's what I'm banking on!

But I bet they bite when they emerge

It's not going to happen.....

 

[cruiser]

glad you have tipped them out.