https://www.vetsurgeon.org/f/non-clinical-questions/28471/anyone-good-with-creepy-crawlies Farmer built a new cow shed. Keeps finding these things. Described as the size of a maggot, some are moving many are dead. I suggested a giant sperm...... en-USTelligent Community 10https://www.vetsurgeon.org/thread/214943?ContentTypeID=1Fri, 06 Sep 2019 08:51:08 GMT146601cc-3922-4be7-9974-7e1d4e45a66b:973a4094-feb1-403f-a123-b9ec701918a0Julie Innes<p>Thanks Michael- I will now have nightmares about these things!!</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://www.vetsurgeon.org/thread/214929?ContentTypeID=1Thu, 05 Sep 2019 18:07:58 GMT146601cc-3922-4be7-9974-7e1d4e45a66b:8973e961-19df-4e85-9f9a-75a083f9744bjane alexander<p>Used the photo as in-practice quiz question....Several were still puzzled several hours later...very satisfying!</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://www.vetsurgeon.org/thread/214861?ContentTypeID=1Tue, 03 Sep 2019 17:40:43 GMT146601cc-3922-4be7-9974-7e1d4e45a66b:b9c5ecdf-0a00-406c-99d1-9b8d3706ca3aClive Ansell<p>Drone, or Hover, flies.</p> <p>Pollinators, good guys, leave them alone.</p> <p></p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://www.vetsurgeon.org/thread/214857?ContentTypeID=1Tue, 03 Sep 2019 16:21:32 GMT146601cc-3922-4be7-9974-7e1d4e45a66b:c602ac2c-ceae-4b8d-aa87-54e3ef50b6a3Lindsey Edwards<p><a target='_blank' class="fancybox-popup" href="https://warehouse1.indicia.org.uk/upload/EristalisTenax1_Groby_15Sep05.JPG" rel="gallery"><img src="https://warehouse1.indicia.org.uk/upload/med-EristalisTenax1_Groby_15Sep05.JPG" alt=" " /></a></p> <p>https://www.naturespot.org.uk/species/common-drone-fly</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://www.vetsurgeon.org/thread/214843?ContentTypeID=1Mon, 02 Sep 2019 23:45:19 GMT146601cc-3922-4be7-9974-7e1d4e45a66b:bf126dcf-ef7f-4ed5-87b2-937efc2d493eMichael Woodhouse<p>Thank you very much</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://www.vetsurgeon.org/thread/214842?ContentTypeID=1Mon, 02 Sep 2019 23:14:20 GMT146601cc-3922-4be7-9974-7e1d4e45a66b:eb661753-61ec-4ef4-8bfc-8b7bd3204189Catherine Jeanes<p>They&rsquo;re drone fly larvae (Eristalis tenax)&nbsp;usually called rat-tailed maggots. They&rsquo;re usually found around stagnant water and sewage. They shouldn&rsquo;t be harmful or cause problems.&nbsp;</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>