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Worms in bucket

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Halley

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Hi - I left a bucket out the back garden during the summer with some sponges in it - I was meant to clean them but never got round to it. Now the bucket is full of little worms about the size of bloodworms but slightly more brown in colour. Can I feed these to my fish? Does anyone know what they are?


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Yes you can. They are some sort of insect larvae I think....
 
Cool - I was afraid of the fish getting an infection or something


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Probably mosquito larvae, they are safe to feed to your fish. If you have enough of them you could try freezing them for use later on .

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Don't think they're mosquito - I live in Ireland - but I fed them to the fish


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I stand corrected - I bought some mosquito larvae previously but they look nothing like these. The worms in the bucket looked like tiny tiny earthworms.


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could you get a pic?

I have a walstad jar in the garden, had some white worms in it, but they disappeared after a few weeks. no idea what they where.

You might find this link helpful as you probably only want basic info? https://entomology.ca.uky.edu/ef017
 
Yeah I'll try get a pic (just don't want the wife to see me )


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Anything like these? They can run really fast although you can't see any legs! They are some sort of fly larvae, the fly being black/brown with hairy antenna but not mosquito.

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Lindy said:
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Anything like these? They can run really fast although you can't see any legs! They are some sort of fly larvae, the fly being black/brown with hairy antenna but not mosquito.

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Awesome! Your fish will enjoy a few of them! Let some escape though :)
 
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