Bugs in leafmould

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Bugs in leafmould
« on: February 28, 2021, 11:56 »
I've just been sorting my leaf mould pile to put on the veg patch and have found a load of theses creatures. Anyone what these larvae are or become?

Thanks
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Re: Bugs in leafmould
« Reply #1 on: February 28, 2021, 13:32 »
Hard to tell from the photo, but they may be a type of sawfly.  The larvae often look like a caterpillar with a different colored head on one end.

I think the ones in your leaf mould may have been looking for a soil-like material in which to shelter and pupate.
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Re: Bugs in leafmould
« Reply #2 on: February 28, 2021, 18:01 »
okay thanks that is what i was thinking.

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Re: Bugs in leafmould
« Reply #3 on: February 28, 2021, 21:06 »
Not sure but i think they are daddy long legs larvae. Leather jackets i think they are called

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Re: Bugs in leafmould
« Reply #4 on: March 01, 2021, 09:21 »
Look like leather jackets to me too. These can be very destructive to newly planted out Brassicas and the like. They just chomp through the stem of the plants at ground level killing it... I really hate these things .


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