filter bug What the heck is it?

[FishDaddy]

cleaning out one of the rena filters and found this between the foams...

gross! :eek: what the heck is it??

[EVoL]

yeah thats crazy never seen anything like that maybe you have a sceintific bacteria evolutoin break through and can make a lot of money off of it......roflmao:hehe:roflmao

[OOwl]

I do not know, but ewwww! :eek:

[FishDaddy]

yeah, eww! It was crawling around, flexing the tail portion....i had to squash it.

[Txredneck]

Dragonfly larva

[Haiven]

Dragonfly larva X2!

I've seen one in a friend's tank and not only was it gross, but when it got large enough it swam around and hunted fry and shrimp in the tank. They finally figured it out when it went to the surface and was molting into its flying adult form.

[Mitch9192]

Dragonfly larva


I don't think he even had to set his beer down. Next....

[FishDaddy]

awesome. now how the heck did it get in there? :confused:

[rbradbury]

Possibly eggs on a plant.

[Txredneck]

I don't think he even had to set his beer down. Next....
Heck I'm a fishin Redneck and have seen them puppys before and there good bait
So I didnt have to put my beer down for that one
Ps like they said probably came in on some plant

[Fishylips]

That thing is creepy looking..hope you dont end up finding more :eek:

[scooter]

Hell, who cares...fish eat them all the time flying or not. Extra nummies for your swimmers. Gross, but won't hurt the fish at all.

[Holey_Rock_of_Texas]

so did you kill it or relocate it? lol.

[Flapjack]

I think you should put it in a 2 gallon and watch the life cycle!

[FishDaddy]

its life cycle came to an abrubt end on the bottom of my shoe. Ah well. next time :D

[cichlidkeeper]

damselfly larvae. they will eat fry, but if you have some big cichlids itll make a good snack

[joshshilling]

Some kind of dragonfly x53 or whatever. Yeah, I needed 20 posts, sorry lol

[Instar]

Aw, man! That's so awesome. Next time advertise it in the "Freebies" forum and one of us bug nerds will come take it off your hands! :D They remain in the larval stage for 1 - 3+ years, so they'd certainly make an interesting aquarium addition -- that is, if you can keep them from eating everyone else (see video below) and everyone else from eating them.

As everyone else said, it's a dragonfly or damselfly larva. Damselfly larvae have three "tail feathers" -- their gills. Dragonfly larvae, on the other hand, have their gills tucked neatly inside their abdomens. Since the photo's a bit blurry, it's a little difficult to tell which one it is. He is pretty long and slender, though, which makes me lean toward damselfly.

Either way, cool find!

http://insects.about.com/od/identifyaninsect/a/dragonordamsel.htm
http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/arthropoda/uniramia/odonatoida.html
Why you don't want these in your breeding tanks: YouTube - Damselfly larva devours a small fish

[dallasfishman]

i just killed 2 more that were in my tank i had 3 total

[Sigmar]

Hell, who cares...fish eat them all the time flying or not. Extra nummies for your swimmers. Gross, but won't hurt the fish at all.


They will eat fish fry tho not fried fishroflmao

[zcparrott]

it looks like the face sucking alien in the alien movies lol