Topic: eyes with tails

[weedbusta]

i have wee things that can only be described as above living in my water butt. does anyone have any ideas what they are?

[Mrs Ava]

Mosquito larvae maybe?

[Robert_Brenchley]

It sounds like the pupa, which is quite active. http://www.mosquitoes.org/LifeCycle.html .

[froglets]

a drop of washing up liquid will break the surface tension and dispatch them before they become flying biting annyances.

[weedbusta]

yikes, and i've put some in a fish tank and fed them!! i don't care if the weans throw a wobbly, they're getting the fairy liquid treatment in the morning. thanks for your quick responses, this sites a godsend.

[mc55]

Weedbusta  ;D ;D ;D ;D

glad I read this thread - my water butts are full of them too.  I had decided that they were dragonfly larvae  :-[

Did the Fairy liquid work ?

[weedbusta]

yes it workes a treat, and theres me ready to empty it out and start scrubbing.

[moonbells]

Oh good. Must pop a bit in my uncovered tanks. I hate watering at night cos of the mozzies.

moonbells

[mc55]

excellent, shall pop some in at the w/e - notice I've also got them in my new pond, how harmful do you think it would be to add to the pond (which doesn't yet have anything in it, just a few plants) ??

[weedbusta]

i don't know, but people use washing up water during hose pipe bans with no major disasters.......how much do you like your plants ;D

[littlegem]

mc55 they say you can use grey water (lightly chemicalled washing water) on non-edible plants with great effect. so i would give it a go if i were you. you can even get diverters from your drains (not toilet obviously) to go into tanks and stuff for your flowers etc.