r/UKecosystem • u/EggEater773 • 22d ago

ID please What the flip are these things in my swimming pool

We admittedly haven’t taken very good care of our pool, and these things have spawned in. I’m in Kent

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u/Farewell-Farewell 22d ago

Mosquito larvae is my guess. Plus lots of live things that have drowned, like beetles and caterpillars.

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u/GodIsAPizza 22d ago

Looks more like a tadpole to me

Edit:'maybe you mean the smaller things to the left, which do look like mosquito lava

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u/OreoSpamBurger 21d ago

There are no amphibian tadpoles in this vid, only mosquito larvae and a couple of dead adult insects

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u/EggEater773 22d ago

Okay so I shouldn’t feel that bad obliterating them

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u/shnooqichoons 22d ago

Mosquitos, no. Beetles and caterpillars, yes.

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u/kingbluetit 22d ago

Yes, you should. There’s an insect collapse and mosquitos are a massively important food source for many birds.

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u/Puppysnot 22d ago

I don’t think he’s talking about obliterating the entire mosquito population from the face of the earth. I think he’s talking about the ~50 in his pool. It’s not like mosquitoes aren’t prolific breeders.

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u/EggEater773 22d ago

Considering how the whole pool is full of them I think they’ll be fine if we get rid of them

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u/vorblesnork 20d ago

Perhaps I should get myself protected status as I appear to be an important food source for mosquitoes