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Posted by carolinakate z7b PiedmontNC (My Page) on

Fri, Jun 24, 05 at 22:10

Can anyone tell me what this is and if it does damage to plants?

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Posted by bill13286 7 DFWTX (My Page) on
Sat, Jun 25, 05 at 9:42

Hi Kate. I believe the photo is a soldier fly larvae. These are beneficial in the compost pile (and good fish bait for the grandkids). The adult soldier flies do not eat and are not a problem at all (don't go into the house or bother anything). The larvae look "yucky", but are really helpful. Good luck. BG

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Posted by crappygardner23 (My Page) on
Fri, Jul 25, 08 at 21:08

well am i glad to hear that!cause i got a ton of those NASTY things in my pile,so it looks like me and the boys are going blue gill fishing tomorrow!

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