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Revolting Maggot with Legs Thing.
On Sun, 04 Apr 2004 21:46:26 +0100, Andy wrote:
On Sun, 4 Apr 2004 21:56:42 +0200 (CEST), George Orwell wrote: On Sun, 04 Apr 2004 17:12:18 +0100, Andy wrote: Hi all, I dug up these revolting things today. They looked like one inch white maggots but with red legs at the front. Does anyone know what they were and if they're harmful or useful? I'm afraid that I killed them cos they were so utterly disgusting so I hope they're not gardeners friend material. I also found some mummified looking large dark pink beetles. Are the two related I wonder? Incredible to think they are releasing plonkers like you into the community! Fraid so. Still; if I was that much of a plonker I wouldn't have bothered asking. If they looked like stag-beetle larvae, they could also be cockchafer or rose-beetle larvae. I often find them in the compost heap, but sometimes in the ground. Sorry, these links are in German, but they have pictures. Like this: = rose beetle. http://www.reckenholz.ch/doc/de/fors...tz/rosenk.html the cockchafer larva on the left, and the good rose-beetle larva on the right. Did the beetles look like this?: = chafer http://www.gruenes-tirol.at/nuetzlin...engerlinge.asp -- Tim C. |
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