Just cleaning out my pump and its usually clean spare a few strands of algae and fern blocking the impella...

so imagine how suprised i was when i found this....

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anyone? def not a leach!

Gross! My first thought was leaches but you say their not? I'm not sure what they are unless they're monster sized planaria

urghhhhh

ooh man, didnt think I'd have to look at this twice!!
How big are they?

about 1cm long ish

Kind of remind me of maggots. I am no expert by any means. Do you have some material decaying in your pond as well?

in the base of the pond yeah... but i mean thats been there for years... why suddently all decide to hump in the pump?

That mouth end.. I think its the mouth end, kinda reminds me of a leatherjacket, I found one in my pond.. but he'd fallen in there. Horrible those are.
What country are you in?

ENGLAND

http://pnwpest.org/potato/eurocranl.jpg Leatherjacket larve.. but they live underground and eat roots.. unless they got confused
Oh yeah, and they are about 10 times the size.. so its not them!

maybe they hav been watching me?!

I'd bet the fish will eat them.

Sory, I can't help ya, I have never seen them before, but maggots were the first thing to come to mind! And I think maggots have got to be one of the grosses things out there. I'm not easily grossed out, but they do it for me.

I was thinking maggots but it could be any kind of bug larvae. If you have decaying matter in your pond as you say flys can smell it for miles away and lay eggs there. The maggots or larvae might have migrated to to pump because there was food for them to live off.

hmm they may struggle to get to lay eggs... the slime is 5ft in the bottum of the pond...

Idk what to think they are maggots they certainly arnt though

They could be any kind of bug larvae. The bug could've laid them on the surface and then the larvae could have made their way to the filter in search of a food source

good point batlady

Maybe some type of water beetle??

must all be getting high on the formalin lol

Whatever it is, I bet your fish will love 'em. Nothing better than "natural foods".... As long as I don't have to eat them....

Why is there formulin in your pond. Are your treating for some illness?

He is treating his pond for velvet.

Its not dragon fly lavae is it?

idk i asked them several times what they where... but they woudlent tell me

Dragonfly larvae look like this http://www.btinternet.com/~andyharmer/ches...andis-nymph.gif
I've seen one eat a tadpole

Yes, but are you asking them nicely?

Ohh that makes sense Sandy. Just could not figure out how he got formalin in there but that explains it.

THey're not mosquito larvae are they?

moskito larvae look a lot different though dont they? like a little claw kinda thign going on

They look very similar to what i have been getting in my pumps and filter for about two years,mainly in the hot weather.If you don't keep removing them they will very quickly block up the flow pipes that go back into the water.They seem to breed in them best.Theyn hatch into tiny flies inside my filter.So harmless until they block up the pipes.then you have a problem!!