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Hiya All
Heres hoping you can help me with identifying some tiny worm like creatures I have in the pond. They are about 1/2 cm big , and very thin , they tend to (Swim/Wriggle) around in a figure of 8 , and there are a lot of them indeed. They also appear to have gill like characteristics on the front??!! of them. All help will be appreciated TIA Steve |
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On Wed, 18 Jun 2003 23:00:51 +0100, "Steve"
wrote: Hiya All Heres hoping you can help me with identifying some tiny worm like creatures I have in the pond. They are about 1/2 cm big , and very thin , they tend to (Swim/Wriggle) around in a figure of 8 , and there are a lot of them indeed. They also appear to have gill like characteristics on the front??!! of them. All help will be appreciated TIA Steve mosquito larva? |
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Hiya All Heres hoping you can help me with identifying some tiny worm like creatures I have in the pond. They are about 1/2 cm big , and very thin , they tend to (Swim/Wriggle) around in a figure of 8 , and there are a lot of them indeed. They also appear to have gill like characteristics on the front??!! of them. All help will be appreciated TIA Steve Updated with a few pictures cause I cant really describe em :) http://www.backgarden.net/creatures.htm |
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mosquito larva Steve wrote: Hiya All Heres hoping you can help me with identifying some tiny worm like creatures I have in the pond. They are about 1/2 cm big , and very thin , they tend to (Swim/Wriggle) around in a figure of 8 , and there are a lot of them indeed. They also appear to have gill like characteristics on the front??!! of them. All help will be appreciated TIA Steve Updated with a few pictures cause I cant really describe em :) http://www.backgarden.net/creatures.htm |
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Steve wrote:
Heres hoping you can help me with identifying some tiny worm like creatures I have in the pond. They are about 1/2 cm big , and very thin , they tend to (Swim/Wriggle) around in a figure of 8 , and there are a lot of them indeed. They also appear to have gill like characteristics on the front??!! of them. All help will be appreciated TIA Sounds like maybe they are mosquito larvae -----= Posted via Newsfeeds.Com, Uncensored Usenet News =----- http://www.newsfeeds.com - The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! -----== Over 80,000 Newsgroups - 16 Different Servers! =----- |
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"Mike" wrote in message ... mosquito larva Steve wrote: Hiya All Heres hoping you can help me with identifying some tiny worm like creatures I have in the pond. They are about 1/2 cm big , and very thin , they tend to (Swim/Wriggle) around in a figure of 8 , and there are a lot of them indeed. They also appear to have gill like characteristics on the front??!! of them. All Updated with a few pictures cause I cant really describe em :) http://www.backgarden.net/creatures.htm So are these guys bad to have and should I take steps to eliminate them , If so what steps would they be (apart from fish) TIA Steve |
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Looked at the pictures. RUNNNNNNNNNNN! Mosquito larva!!!!!! You need hungry fish or mosquito dunks. k30a |
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`It still looks like mosquitos to me...
On Thu, 19 Jun 2003 00:37:50 +0100, "Steve" wrote: |
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get some mesquito fish....they eat lots and lots of larva
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Steve wrote:
"Mike" wrote in message mosquito larva So are these guys bad to have and should I take steps to eliminate them , If so what steps would they be (apart from fish) Koi and goldfish consider mosquito larvae "candy" and will eat all if given the chance. Or if it is a pond where you do not want large fish, get some gambusia or other local small fish that will eat the larvae. The other choice is mosquito dunks, but I'm still not convinced they work as well as they should work. -- Kathy B, zookeeper 3500gal pond, 13 pond pigs Oregon |
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Thx for all you guys for the help ,Im gonna go get some goldfish now :-) Thx again... Steve |
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On Thu, 19 Jun 2003 00:37:50 +0100, "Steve" wrote:
Updated with a few pictures cause I cant really describe em :) http://www.backgarden.net/creatures.htm From the subject line, I thought you were talking about Theo. :-) There are mosquito larvae. Good for the pond, bad for us after they metamorphose. 1 or 2 gambusia in a small pond will all but eliminate them. Bob |
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"K30a" wrote in message
... Looked at the pictures. RUNNNNNNNNNNN! Mosquito larva!!!!!! You need hungry fish or mosquito dunks. k30a Mosquito dunks?? what are those?? -- Gareee© Homepage: http://www.fortunecity.com/tattooine.../mainframe.htm Custom Figures, Wallpapers and more! |
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Garee wrote Mosquito dunks?? what are those??
You can find them sold all over the web, here is a description from one of the pages. Place Mosquito Dunks in ponds or standing water and it's active ingredient, Bacillus thuringiensis subspecies israaelenses called BTI kills mosquito and black fly larvae for 30 days or more. While floating they slowly release a long term biological mosquito larvacide killing the larvae before they hatch into adults. Will not effect fish, plants, people or wildlife. Alternative wetting and drying will not reduce it's effectiveness. Use one dunk per 100 sqft of water surface. k30a |
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