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black maggot type things under soil

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cazzybabs · 19/10/2006 23:26

Not really gardening, but today my class where at playtime and they found some black wriggling maggot type things. they were under the soil about 0.5-1cl down and where about 2-3 cm long and quite fat. they were localised in a group and really really grim. I feel really ill thinking about them - YUCK. But also I am strangly fasinated (would also score brownie points with my class) - what could they be?

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somethingunderthebedisdrooling · 19/10/2006 23:27

beetle grubs i would say. i find them in potted plant pots all the time.

cazzybabs · 19/10/2006 23:28

Oh thanks - shall google that!

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Tiggiwinkle · 19/10/2006 23:28

Sounds like "leather jackets". (Crane fly larvae)

cazzybabs · 19/10/2006 23:30

OH god I can't help it but I feel really screamsiha botu them...like they are crawling up my legs and are going to eat me - deep breathing needed!

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misdee · 19/10/2006 23:30

sounds like crane fly lavre.

cazzybabs · 19/10/2006 23:31

Righ shape but much much darker.

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