We just found a cluster of these things in a bucket full of rain. They are eating mosquito larvae (the smaller creatures also in the water top right).
See this video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6gjSeVVUMcA
Location: Melbourne Australia (in February summertime here).
Thanks.
Edit: You think I would know how to spell "Vicious" by now, sorry for the spello in the threat title.
This message was edited Feb 11, 2011 6:02 PM
These are rattailed maggots, larvae of certain flies in the family Syrphidae (hover/flower flies). They are harmless scavengers - see http://tinyurl.com/nrk2mv for details.
Wow - that is possible one of the worst sounding name you could get as a youngster - poor things.
Thanks for your help - I'll put away the gas and matches then.
eating the mosquito larvae? That'd be great! I can't view the video at the moment due to my computer blocking all videos.
