Tadpoles....I think

Lou12

I left an old cat litter tray outside in the garden as I'm growing some plants from seed in egg boxes and it was handy as a watering tray. I've planted the seeds out but left the watery cat litter tray on the patio and now there are "things" in it. Thet look a bit like tadpoles but they are very tiny and I feel I should encourage them in their tiny pond until they are big enough to leave on their own so I've topped up the water and bunged a few bits of greenery in there for them to hide from the sun, a large nasturtium leaf and so on. I'm not sure they are tadpoles but what else could they be? Pondlife is a bit of a mystery to me. I'm now tempted to buy a ceramic mini pond for future watery creatures.

Steve the Gardening Vet

If they are at the surface and go deep with a side to side wiggle when disturbed, they are mosquito larvae...

Hostafan1

beat me to it.

Lou12

Yes that's them - oh well they deserve to live like everything else. I'll ditch the tray when they have flown the nest.

nutcutlet

Good bat food when hatched

Hostafan1

mosquitoes are said to be responsible , via malaria , for the deaths of 33% of the human population in history ( apart from warfare). I'd happily kill them.

nutcutlet

My bats do kill them

Hostafan1

I love bats, but I'd prefer them to stick to moths. ( my only phobia )

nutcutlet

I love moths as well. The nut nature reserve has a very high species count

Welshonion

Funnily enough a bat came in and flew round the room last night. It settled on a curtain and I was able to put it out. Not sure how it got in as the windows are closed!