The Weird Bug Things That Came In My Latest Plants

[Spishkey]

there were five, two died after being pulled out, i flushed two and thought i would use this one to try and id it. any ideas people? ive googled lots of images (water scorps, damselfly, dragon fly larvaes etc etc but nothing is like this!!!)

 

[Corleone]

It's a damselfly larvae. This article has a good picture of one. Long body, big eyes, and the feathery gills at the end of the abdomen.

There's a lot of variation in them, so it might not look exactly like what you see in a google search. Damselflies are an entire suborder with something like 15-20 families, let alone species.

 

[Spishkey]

thank you!

 

[SJ2K]

Kill them, kill them all!

 

[jourdy288]

Kill them, kill them all!

I don't know, they're kinda cute!

 

[SJ2K]

These guys eventually leave the tank and start searching for warm blooded mammals to feed off, aka, you.

Only kidding, still, kill them all!

 

[jourdy288]

These guys eventually leave the tank and start searching for warm blooded mammals to feed off, aka, you.

Only kidding, still, kill them all!

Actually, if you have a little air pump for that jar, you could prob raise them on tiny insects. Do it! It would make a great project!

Or, you could use them as fish food for larger fish.