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Help!!! Can someone identify this thing???

jeepers101 · 2010-09-13 10:48:46

Found this horrible little thing crawling out of my toilet. Flushed it down but two came back. Its like a brown slug with a tail.

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13-09-2010 11:48am

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jeepers101

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Found this horrible little thing crawling out of my toilet. Flushed it down but two came back. Its like a brown slug with a tail.

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#2 13-09-2010 6:10pm
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I think they're syrphidae larvae. Look it up on google images. They live in stagnant water so once the toilet isn't used for a while they're happy to live there. Try flushing that toilet more.

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#3 15-09-2010 6:14pm
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Looks like a rat tailed maggot. true-or-false is right that these usually live in stagnant water. Do you perhaps have a septic tank?

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#4 15-09-2010 9:48pm
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No don't have a septic tank but the toilet has been slow draining for months now. Took the toilet off for a look today and found a four foot blockage in the soil pipe :eek:

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