Re: Live Black worms and other cultures...

[Erik Olson <erik@thekrib.com>]

I always thought bloodworms were midge fly larvae.  They show up in our
Daphnia/mosquito pond (i.e. kiddie pool) as well, hiding in the mulm that
accumulates on the bottom.  I don't think they are a mosquito larvae.

  - Erik


On Mon, 21 Feb 2000, Phil Eaton wrote:

> >From reading the old posts on The Krib, they are different.  Bloodworms are 
> actually a mosquito larvae of some sort that has shown up in my mosquito 
> larvae buckets.  Blackworms, Lumbriculus variegatus, are completely 
> different in their look as well as the fact they don't go through a 
> metamorphic phase like the bloodworms.  (I read all that on The Krib as 
> well.)
> 
> Phil Eaton

-- 
Erik Olson
erik at thekrib dot com



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