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Re: [APD] Aquatic-Plants Digest, Vol 34, Issue 9



No, it was definitely not a helgramite larva.  It looked EXACTLY like a SW
Fireworm.  The mouth it had looked like it could be parasitic, but maybe it's
sucking on the roots/stems of my plants?  It was hiding under my Alternanthera,
which has the thickest stems and most roots of any of my stem plants....  
It swam by undulating its body and moving its legs; and, once it got back to the
substrate he dug in quite fast.

Jason

> Message: 1
> Date: Wed, 7 Jun 2006 10:29:23 -0700
> From: "Rhonda Wilson" <rhonda at naturalaquariums_com>
> Subject: Re: [APD] FW Fireworm?
> To: <aquatic-plants at actwin_com>
> 
> Wow Jason that sounds like quite an interesting creature. I've never heard 
> of FW fireworms, and there is some debate about how terrible they really are
> 
> in a reef tank. My guess is that it's probably an insect larva of some sort.
> 
> Could it possibly be a helgramite or predacious diving beetle larva? You can
> 
> find photos on a google image search.
> 
> Rhonda
> http://naturalaquariums.com
> 
> 
> > From: jvision at telus_net
> > Subject: [APD] FW Fireworm?
> >
> >   It was about 3" long wiht 'legs' from top to bottom.  It had
> > quite the mouth on it too. 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> ------------------------------
> 
> Message: 2
> Date: Wed, 7 Jun 2006 13:33:38 -0400
> From: "Bill D" <billinet at comcast_net>
> Subject: Re: [APD] Fireworm?
> To: <aquatic-plants at actwin_com>
> 
> It could be a hellgramite, the larva of the dobson fly.   It has only 6
> legs, but it has numerous appendages hannging off the rear half.
> 
> The grow to about 3 or 4 inches and has large mandibles on the head.
> 
> They are carvivorous.
> 
> They can and do bite.  Thery are good bass bait.
> 
> Here are some links with pictures:
> 
> http://insects.tamu.edu/fieldguide/bimg121.html
> 
> http://www.geocities.com/magickcanoe7/glenisle/hellgrammite.html
> 
> http://whatsthatbug.com/hell.html
> 
> Bill


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