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Landscaping92 Asheville, NC(Zone 7a) Mar 23, 2009

What is this.

http://i403.photobucket.com/albums/pp118/underscore8/worm2.jpg

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suunto Sinks Grove, WV Mar 23, 2009

These appear to be fly larvae, but I am uncertain as to their i.d. - if they were found in loose soil, they might be the larvae of stiletto flies (family Therevidae - see http://tinyurl.com/ctygnl for an example). Larvae of some biting midges (family Ceratopogonidae, particularly if they were found in exudate from a tree wound or the like such as those in the genus Palpomyia) can be very similar in gross appearance, but tend to be much smaller (9-10 mm).

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Landscaping92 Asheville, NC(Zone 7a) Mar 23, 2009

Thankyou they are from a tree wound.

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