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au0rey starts with ... Hi all, been quite concerned with maggots and beetles infesting my RELN worm farm. The maggots are the babies - white and about 6mm length. And the adults are about 6mm very dark brown to black crawling beetles. A lot of the maggots get drowned in the last tray of my farm as sometimes water gets trapped there. The beetles are able to get out of the farm and I saw them crawling on the ground. They dont seem to fly when I tried sweeping them up. Can anyone identify them? Are they harmful? How do I get rid of them? If the pictures are not clear, I can take them again. Thanks!
| About the Author au0rey melbourne 28th February 2011 4:29pm #UserID: 1600 Posts: 165 View All au0rey's Edible Fruit Trees |
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| About the Author Julie Roleystone WA 1st March 2011 8:01pm #UserID: 154 Posts: 1842 View All Julie's Edible Fruit Trees |
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au0rey says... Hi all, these maggots are largely found in the liquid at the lowest tray drowned. But I am sure many became adult bugs as I could see them crawling in the top tray where the food was. I did a read up on soldier flies but i doubt mine are as they are only about 6mm (0.6cm) long. They do not fly at all, just crawling. Their maggots are about that length or slightly longer. I am concerned and would like to get rid of them as some actually crawled through the kitchen window (worm farm is in back yard out of the kitchen) and into kitchen. Yucks! I have got more pics taken. Please help if you have any idea and I can do read up on google if there are more names.
| About the Author au0rey melbourne 2nd March 2011 4:54pm #UserID: 1600 Posts: 165 View All au0rey's Edible Fruit Trees |
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| About the Author Julie Roleystone WA 2nd March 2011 7:08pm #UserID: 154 Posts: 1842 View All Julie's Edible Fruit Trees |
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| About the Author QLD 2nd March 2011 10:28pm #UserID: 0 Posts: View All 's Edible Fruit Trees |
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au0rey says... hmm i dnt put meat but smetimes i do put in bread which are expired. i thought we can put in bread as it is plant based. i put in crushed eggshells too. i wil try the milk soaked bread. the beetles seem harmless but i would love to identify them. they give me the creeps as long as they are not the earthworms which are the normal hosts in my worm farm. creepy esp when they make their way into my kitchen! thank you gals! | About the Author 3rd March 2011 11:48am #UserID: 0 Posts: View All 's Edible Fruit Trees |
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| About the Author au0rey melbourne 3rd March 2011 5:25pm #UserID: 1600 Posts: 165 View All au0rey's Edible Fruit Trees |
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| About the Author au0rey melbourne 8th March 2011 7:02pm #UserID: 1600 Posts: 165 View All au0rey's Edible Fruit Trees |
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EmBa says... Hi there! I too have these beetles and maggots in my worm farm in large numbers. I'm curious to identify them and was hoping that this thread could help haha. I'll keep searching and report back if I find a suspect. Edit: my best guess is a Carpophilus Sap Beetle. The larvae match, and the adult beetles have the characteristic knobby antennae and pointed abdomen. They feed on decomposing plant matter so that fits too. | About the Author EmBa Helena Valley 19th December 2017 11:34pm #UserID: 17554 Posts: 1 View All EmBa's Edible Fruit Trees |
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