[David.]

When I put sacks of seaweed in my liquid feed tanks, giant maggots complete with giant whip like tails appear (then drown/die).

Anybody know what they are?

[WG.]

When I put sacks of seaweed in my liquid feed tanks, giant maggots complete with giant whip like tails appear (then drown/die).

Anybody know what they are?

Rat-tailed maggots

[Aunt Sally]

That is gross WG  :shock: How big are they  :?:

[WG.]

Could only find an Amurican site : http://www.ca.uky.edu/entomology/entfacts/ef500.asp

David. might confirm that this is the correct beastie please.

[Selkie]

thank heaven i don't get them on the seaweed when i just use it as a mulch - that photo is horrid

[clarebear]

This is interesting - at least to me - http://www.renaissancemagazine.com/backissues/sinclair.html

Seems the Gunn family crest was carved into North American stone on or around 1398.  I wear the Gunn tartan since my surname is a sept of the Gunn clan.  

Pity all of the gold was at the opposite end of the continent!

hey wg. maybe we are distantly related. I have links to the gunn clan too, through the wilson bllodline.