Mosquito Larva?

No, they stay submerged, resting on my plant pot or something else. I did
not seem them surface at all.

I am guessing the barrel is around 20 gallons or so.

Scott

"K30a" wrote in message
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Do the critters hang out at the top of the water until they are disturbed?
Is
your water 'slow' enough for the critters to stay in one place?

Mosquito larvae breathe at the surface and it is the quickest way to tell
what
they are.
I've seen damselfly nymphs, some worms and other critters flip around.

Try these two websites, hope they are working...

http://www.mp.usbr.gov/geospat/olymp...e/macroid.html

http://www.bio.umass.edu/biology/con...s-general.html

If your barrel is on the smallish side you can try two rosie red minnows,
sold
as feeder fish in many pet stores to eat up any critters.


k30a

Okay ~~~
Hanging out on plant stalks is a good clue. Look at their hind ends. Do they
have what looks like two to three feathery attachments?
If they do they are probably damselfly nymphs and you don't want anyone in
there to eat them, you want them to hatch into damselflies and chomp down on
any mosquitoes that dare to enter your yard.
And if they aren't damselflies they are some other kind of critter and most all
of them are benefical to one degree or another.
5,000 species of insects spend some or all of their lives in water.


k30a

I looked up a picture of a damselfly nymph on hte internet and I don't think
that is it either. Their bodies seem are narrow, widen a little, then
narrow again. When I seem them (actually, it might only be 1 as I only see
1 at a time), it is usally resting on the gravel in the potted lilly. When
I approach it with anything, it bolts extremely fast to the other side.
They are deep enough that I can see them, but not very clearly.

Oh well.

Scott


"K30a" wrote in message
...

Okay ~~~
Hanging out on plant stalks is a good clue. Look at their hind ends. Do
they
have what looks like two to three feathery attachments?
If they do they are probably damselfly nymphs and you don't want anyone in
there to eat them, you want them to hatch into damselflies and chomp down
on
any mosquitoes that dare to enter your yard.
And if they aren't damselflies they are some other kind of critter and
most all
of them are benefical to one degree or another.
5,000 species of insects spend some or all of their lives in water.


k30a