Some NON-PFT.COM/EG plants I have recently put into a new terrarium have two-inch, red, segmented worms or leeches in them. They do not look or act like larvae of any sort--these are worms, as far as I can tell, in fact they could be small earthworms except they have no collar. The things come out of the drainage holes and crawl around on the outside of the pots, waving one end around--very unsightly.
The pots also have thread-like animals that extend out from the drainage holes into the water tray and thrash around. They could be juveniles of the above.
How do I kill these things without hurting my sundews and my ping? There is no question that they have to go--preferably before my very-tolerant-to-this-point wife sees them.
(I would have ordered these plants here if they had been available at the time--I think all except the ping are, now! Oh well.)
Thanks! I expected some gnat larvae--not this.
Steve
The pots also have thread-like animals that extend out from the drainage holes into the water tray and thrash around. They could be juveniles of the above.
How do I kill these things without hurting my sundews and my ping? There is no question that they have to go--preferably before my very-tolerant-to-this-point wife sees them.
(I would have ordered these plants here if they had been available at the time--I think all except the ping are, now! Oh well.)
Thanks! I expected some gnat larvae--not this.
Steve