Redworm , a common larva in water pits, and is an insect larva that has an important position in aquatic groups. Red worms are a stage in the life cycle of non-biting flies. The cereal flies ( Diptera , Chipodaceae ), also known as Chipodaceae , look like mosquitoes but do not bite people. Flies live by the water, in streams, rivers, ditches, lakes and ponds. Millets are considered ideal insects and are an important food source for fish and other aquatic organisms . They help keep waterways clean by consuming organic debris. The life cycle of anemone includes four stages: eggs, larvae (redworms), pupae and adults.
eggs
midges need still or slowly flowing water to lay eggs, which is why you will find their larvae in ponds, lakes and shallow, slow-flowing rivers. Female Amyfly lays gel-like eggs on the water surface. Each egg laying may contain up to 3000 eggs. The egg mass then sinks to the bottom of the water and hatches over the next few days, but within the next week of birth. Aflies lay eggs on the water.
Larcises
Larcisses emerging from eggs are hidden in the mud and tiny tunnels or tubular structures are dug out in the mud. This is their home for the next two to seven weeks.
They live on organic matter in mud and water. They have no choice in what they eat and will happily consume waste from the sewage plant. As the larvae grow larger, so do their tunnels.
study predicts that the number of larvae per square meter can exceed 40.000 in water-rich habitats, where there is a lot of food for them to eat. No bite larvae can thrive in contaminated water with little oxygen because they have the ability to absorb oxygen in the water.
The non-biting larvae plays an important role in marine food chain . They are food for most carnivorous fish, as well as frogs, turtles, crabs, shrimps, salamanders and snails.
Redworm
Animal flies will spend most of their lives in this larva/redworm development stage.
The larvae of the aboriginal flies are very thin, in segmented shapes and round shapes. Their heads are usually darker than other parts of the body.
Their bodies are in the shape of "C". This shape helps them swim in the water, twisting their bodies in a figure-eight shape, clinging to underwater objects, and digging holes underground.
larvae start out as transparent, white, light brown or olive green. Over time, they turn pink and then crimson. This red comes from hemoglobin in their blood, so they are called " bloodworm ".
hemoglobin is composed of protein molecules , which transport oxygen from the lungs to other parts of the body and bring carbon dioxide from the body back to the lungs. It is this iron-rich hemoglobin that helps the larvae breathe in muddy water that is almost free of oxygen. Their soft skin is designed to absorb dissolved oxygen from the surrounding water. In the larval stage, the larvae will turn pink and eventually turn crimson. This is hemoglobin from the blood of the midges. This iron-containing compound allows larvae to breathe under low oxygen conditions at the muddy bottom of the waterway. In the redworm stage, the larvae are C-shaped. The midge fly spends most of its life at this stage of its development, during which it moves itself like swimming, including squirming in eight laps.
pupa
red worms continue to grow and mature within two to seven weeks. The speed of their development depends largely on the temperature of the water. Then they no longer exist and become pupas, while hiding in mud pits.
Pupal stage is initiated by hormones in the body of red worms. This is the period between larvae and adults, and also the period when adult structures are formed.
They only stayed in this pupa stage for three days, then swam to the water, and became adult mosquitoes and flies after a few hours.
Adult
At some point during the year, when the conditions are right, thousands of flies may appear from the water. These populations increase survival rates and confuse predators.
Once the flies appear from the pupa stage, it looks a lot like a mosquito. Adult flies are small in size, soft in body, slender legs, and long and narrow wings, making them suitable for flying.
These fly have short mouth tubes, which means they cannot bite people. In fact, they are often called forest mosquitoes because even if they look like like mosquitoes, they can't bite people like mosquitoes.
Milk flies mated in groups shortly after they emerged from the pupa. The adult female then lays her eggs on the water while flying, starting a new generation of flies. A non-biting flies can produce several generations of flies each year.
Adult flies live for only three to five days and never eat anything. Their main function is to mating and lay eggs before dying or eventually becoming food for fish, bird, dragonfly or bat .
What do people use bloodworms for?
Red worms can be used as bait or feed fish in an aquarium. They can be freeze-dried or frozen in many pet stores, or you can look for live redworms in your area. These redworms are an excellent natural food supplement for ornamental fish . This is because they provide nutrients and minerals from food sources (redworms) that fish eat in their natural environment.
