igby
Achatina achatina
Hitchin' a ride...
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Post by igby on Nov 22, 2005 10:12:16 GMT
I thought I'd let people know about this On sunday night I put some cucumber in for Igby. The next morning I was horrified to see what looked like maggots on the cucumber! It had only been in overnight and it was only on the cucumber. I cleaned Igby out completely and sterilised his food bowl, gave Igs a bath etc. All the panic cleaning that you do I saved a couple of these grubs and as I'm lucky enough to work with a botanist he has Identified them as the larvae of a cucumber beetle. Yuck!! The warmth of Igby's tank had obviously kicked them off. This was a cucumber that is stored in the fridge so people might want to keep an eye on cucumber that they are putting in for their snails. I'll post a pic I found of them
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Post by sezzy5889 on Nov 22, 2005 10:31:12 GMT
Wow! thanks for letting us know, i don't think anyone has had these before. Ewww!
Sarah x
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pixie
Achatina immaculata
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Post by pixie on Nov 22, 2005 18:25:03 GMT
yuck, i'll keep my eye open
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Post by sonicsnail on Nov 22, 2005 18:54:58 GMT
I think I may have seen these before on food. Either them or something similar....
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Post by Daniel on Nov 22, 2005 20:52:38 GMT
thanx for letting us know
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