[sontab]

I wonder if anybody can help identify a worm or grub which is found under the soil on our plot.  It is grey in colour,  :happy:usually curled up but when lifted stretches like a garden worm.  Have spent hours trying to identify so any help would be greatly appreciated because I don't honestly know whether it causes damage or is safe to leave in the ground.  Thanks.

Sonia

[Ice]

Can you post a picture?

[sontab]

Sorry, not clever enough to do that!

[scabs]

Is it soft-bodied like a worm and does it have a 'saddle' like a worm?

[sontab]

Yes.

[wafflycat]

Does it look like this? Leatherjacket

[sontab]

No, sorry it doesn't.

[wafflycat]

In that case, it's not a leatherjacket! 

[sontab]

Guess you are right there!

[poultrygeist]

I'd go with 'worm' 

Rob

[sontab]

OK it may be a worm but if so what kind as it is NOT an ordinary earthworm

[poultrygeist]

Just found this but unfortunately not available yet for IDing worms.

LINK

You could try trawling through a few worm-type websites until you see a match. There's a lot of wildlife out there !

Rob

[poultrygeist]

Might be something on here

http://www.pestspotter.co.uk/pests/pests.htm

Rob

[sontab]

Thanks Rob but nothing there anything like

[poultrygeist]

If you can get a photo of it, you can try emailing it to the Natural History Museum.

I did this with a bee we found and they sent back an ID a couple of days later.

ROb