What kind of critters are these?
I found lots of these critters in the sludge in the bottom chamber of my worm farm. They don’t have legs and wriggle around very slowly. In the same area I found hundreds of quarter-ant-sized, white larvae-type things. Are these queens of some kind? Does anyone out there know what these are?
(The ant is only there for size reference)
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**update**
They are Garden Soldier Fly larva or Black Soldier Fly larva (Stratiomyidae) and apparently they totally rock when it comes to composting. They hatch as harmless flies that only live long enough to mate. All of their eating is done in the larva stage and they get on well with worms but produce more liquid than worms do. I guess I’ll leave them to it then.
