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

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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I don’t think so. They look like some type of fly larvae but I’m not certain.

They might be black soldier fly larvae. If so, they are very beneficial and will speed the composting process.

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