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worm / larvae need help identifing

junkme3
junkme3 Posts: 2 Newbie
in Gardening
I live in memphis, TN in the US.. I have tiny worms in my pool.. can any one help me identify them. They are off white with black head.. I took the best pic I could one is thru the eye my the microscope I had when I was a kid.. I sprayed beach on one an it didn't kill it. Can anyone help.

link to pictures: ok it won't let me add pic or a link so please take out spaces an copy and paste

www. wildaboutbritain.co.uk/forums/water-life-forums/74625-worm-larvae-need-help-identifing .html

Ruth

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  • shegirl
    shegirl Posts: 10,107 Forumite
    1. Not convinced you'll get an identification with the photos and the size of the things.

    2. I believe most of us are in the UK and you will have some bugs that we don't.

    3. Clean the pool :)

    Are there many of them?
    If women are birds and freedom is flight are trapped women Dodos?
  • junkme3
    junkme3 Posts: 2 Newbie
    oh.. I have cleaned and cleaned the pool. This is the bug'est year. There is like 3 times as many of everything!! An there is ALOT of them.. An I know my pictures are bad.. but I don't have the equipment to take a good picture because they are SO tiny.
  • peter_the_piper
    peter_the_piper Posts: 30,269 Forumite
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    You'll definitely be better off on a US website, the insects over this side of the pond are different to the US.
    I'd rather be an Optimist and be proved wrong than a Pessimist and be proved right.
  • emiff6
    emiff6 Posts: 794 Forumite
    500 Posts
    Ask neighbours who have pools. Maybe they've got the larvae too, and have found out what they are and how to deal with them. If they are happy in the water I guess they'll be the larvae of some sort of mosquito or midge type insect.
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  • Nuttygal
    Nuttygal Posts: 1,323 Forumite
    They look a bit like sciarid larvae. Hope you find a solution soon :-)
    Please remember to thank fellow MSE'rs :beer:
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