[allstars_princess]

Hello,

My husband was cleaning out the hen house (we have an eglu) yesterday and came across a strange, I think pupating, grub.  Apparently it was a "deep red, with a black stripe around its back of about a centimetre in size."  There were four of five of them.  At the same time he also found some white, very small maggots. 

We clean the house weekly and it is located on a permanent site with wood chip in the run section.  The chickens appear healthy and were not bothered by these creatures.  They are let out to roam daily and are fed an organic layers pellet mix. 

Can someone help identify these bugs and let me know if they are a cause for concern?  Where would this bug have come from? 

Thanks.

[marygall]

Any chance of a picture of the bugs? I've got a very good bug book...

[8doubles]

Any chance of a picture of the bugs? I've got a very good bug book...

Which is titled ? i could do with a really good bug book 

[Roughlee Handled]

have a look on this website it gives photos of caterpillars and pupa.
http://www.ukleps.org/CommNamesAlphabetical.html

[marygall]

That is a great website, Roughlee Handled (I've bookmarked it) but it only does butterflies.
My bug book is out of print but grea t -  it's from the Blandford Colour Series - you can check out Amazon...