16-08-2004, 12:01
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Tadpoles?
Following on from the advice in the weevils thread i wondered if anyone could help me out?
I was doing some gardening yesterday when i found an old watering can that had filled with rainwater, i was going to pour it out when i notices hundreds of wee wiggly things swimming in it!
The look like tadpoles only they are tiny and they seem to swim backwards i.e tail part to the front and the head part to the back. Does anyone have any idea of what they are, how they got there and how do i dispose of them? The watering can must only have been there for a few weeks at the most
I would pour out the water but i dont want to kill them and if they are tadpoles then i dont fancy having hundreds of frogs over run my house and garden? 
Help!!
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16-08-2004, 12:05
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Re: Tadpoles?
Stick your can in the back of the car and empty in to a local pond/river.
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16-08-2004, 12:08
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Re: Tadpoles?
More likely to be Mosquito larvae
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16-08-2004, 12:11
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Re: Tadpoles?
They will be the larva of some kind of fly. It's very unlikely indeed to be tadpoles, a frog wouldn't spawn in your watering can because there's no room (mr and mrs frog need to get jiggy with it at the time the spawn is laid, and your watering can would be a wee bit small) and even if they did manage to get it on, there'd still be some evidence of the spawn after just a few weeks (I think it's the wrong time of year for frogspawn as well).
Pour it down the drain.
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16-08-2004, 12:18
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Re: Tadpoles?
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More likely to be Mosquito larvae
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Yup, 'specially since tadpoles don't swim tail first.......
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16-08-2004, 12:20
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Re: Tadpoles?
Awww - poor wee mosquito larvae.... 
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16-08-2004, 12:29
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Re: Tadpoles?
Don't want mosquitos flying around and biting you, I would get rid of it quickly if it's mosquito larvae 
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16-08-2004, 12:38
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Re: Tadpoles?
Do they look like these?
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16-08-2004, 13:16
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Re: Tadpoles?
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Do they look like these?
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UUrgggh. Tip it away quickly !
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16-08-2004, 13:27
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Re: Tadpoles?
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UUrgggh. Tip it away quickly !
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or put a fish in the watering can as it will eat them
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16-08-2004, 13:36
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Re: Tadpoles?
From the sounds of it I think my dad had the same things in a water barrel. I think they're a fly larvae.
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16-08-2004, 14:31
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Re: Tadpoles?
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Do they look like these?
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Yup thats the disgusting wee critters! so do i just tip it into the garden then?
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16-08-2004, 14:33
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Re: Tadpoles?
Filter them out using a sieve.. and see if your pet cat/dog will eat them.
Our cats eat anything... spiders and moths being their current favourites.
(our fat ginger tom, who now lives with my parents.. used to like earwax!!  )
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16-08-2004, 15:10
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Re: Tadpoles?
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Yup thats the disgusting wee critters! so do i just tip it into the garden then?
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Put them in a bag of flour and send them to Chris T. Apparently Mrs T wont mind the bread being made with bugs in. 
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16-08-2004, 15:23
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Re: Tadpoles?
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Put them in a bag of flour and send them to Chris T. Apparently Mrs T wont mind the bread being made with bugs in. |
 Why, you cheeky ...
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