Help on pest identification please

[Peterg2016]

Seem to have found some worms in my bottom pots,does any1 know what they are please

 

[Grand Daddy Purp]

Not sure but if I was to guess that manure is being used then it could be tape worm larva. But honestly I have no clue what that is man. Hopefully some one else will chime in soon.

 

[ottothief]

My guess that is a fungus knat larvae peterg2016.Have you noticed any little knats flying around?

 

[oldman60]

That would be one hell of a nat. LOL Looks sorta like an earthworm to me.

 

[Smokemupm8]

yeah unless thats magnified heaps!! It aint no Funky gnat larvae. They are smaller and will usually be around the centre of your plants stems or top soil. I had bad gnat infest. and had larvae, I used potato wedges among my Perlite and top soil and the larvae are attracted to it, every couple days take em out and change them..
Tho I believe the comment before maybe closer to the mark - Do you use any animal faeces/manure inyour soil mix?? That, to me, looks like an intestinal worm. Should be of no consequence to plant but maybe contagious to you!!

 

[Peterg2016]

Its in coco and iv just been fightin off thrips,Nothing flying around tho,the worm is about as long as a finger nail and 1 or 2mm thick maybe its a Nematodes, thanks for the help so far tho

 

[Fuzzy Duck]

I would more than likely pass it off as some sort of worm but their is a chance of it being a nematode which their are some expected one million different species of nematode ! & in fact, there are many thousands of individual nematodes in every single handful of garden soil !

With a vast majority being so small that you can not see them by the naked eye.


If any symptoms are present of plant ill health i would suggest getting a pic up asap as some nematodes are pretty nasty.


On the bright side of things most worms produce worm casts thats free pucker compost full of goodness