Nature and Gardening@beehaw.orgEnglish · 1 year ago

Found these in my compost bin, are these June beetle larvae or something else?

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Found these in my compost bin, are these June beetle larvae or something else?

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Nature and Gardening@beehaw.orgEnglish · 1 year ago

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I opened my compost bin today to find hundreds of these guys crawling around in the compost. I’m curious as to what they are.

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They definitely look like soldier fly larvae. Thanks friend! :)

If only I had some chickens to feed them to…

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