View Full Version : aah! another tank invader! looks like scorpion!
just lookin in my tank, and there is this wierd lookin insect crawlin around one of my rocks, it looks like some kinda scorpoin, about 3 legs on each side, and then a tail, like a schrimp, but its deffinantly not a shrimp, any idea ? is this some type of larva???
well, the threat is neutralized, i smushed it hehe, it had a long tail that looked just like a lobster tail, in the way that it is segmented, and at the end, it had like 4 fins that looked like a propellar, oh well,, anyone???
valerie
12-15-2003, 1:00 AM
do yo uhave a pic?
i tryed, my camerea couldnt focus.. il
OrionGirl
12-15-2003, 8:28 AM
Most likely a mayfly larvae. Harmless, a food source for many native fish.
mogurnda
12-15-2003, 8:29 AM
Maybe a damselfly larva
http://www.habitas.org.uk/dragonflyireland/images/anatomy4.jpg
or dragonfly larva?
http://www.habitas.org.uk/dragonflyireland/images/anatomy2.jpg
LMOUTHBASS
12-15-2003, 9:08 PM
everyone who responded made this sound like your everyday type of thing but ummmmmmm how the heck woul something like this get into a tank?
Dapple2
12-15-2003, 9:13 PM
It's fairly common to get hitchhikers in with new plants and sometimes you don't notice them for a while...
thats it! definantly the top picture, creepy! wonder what else lurks in my tank, makes me wanna buy some really agresive fish as a watch dog
dethjam316
12-16-2003, 12:35 AM
i'd be disturbed as hell to find one of those in one of my tanks. those things are freaky.
Grassguy
12-16-2003, 4:33 AM
Ya know, that was one of the first flies that I tied. They work great for fishin in these parts, although I have never actually seen one around the ponds I fish at.
Skippy
12-16-2003, 6:59 AM
If you have large enough fish in the tank that type of "invader" gets reclassified as "snack"
My paradise gouriami love it when a mosquito or two manage to get into the house and try to lay eggs in thier tanks.