Insect Larvae ID?

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I was looking at my pond and noticed a bunch of these little things, anybody have any idea what kind of larvae it is? I'm wondering if I'd be able to feed them to my cichlids. I live in Alberta, Canada if that helps.

 

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They seem to be crawling around the rocks and hanging onto algae. They seem to have some hair looking things coming out of their back ends

 

[walklong]

How long is it? Hard to tell from the pic.

 

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I would say about 2cm ish long or shorter.

 

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Also the pond is filtered and has a stream that they were hangin out in so I'd say probably not mosquito

 

[TrevorKinkel]

They might be scuds pick one up and look on the underside of it if there are tons of legs then it's a scud

 

[Fresh2o]

They might be mayfly larva.

 

[Nothing]

Put em in a glass and I've ID'd them as mayfly and blackfly larvae, both are present in large numbers. Do fish like these? Or is it a better idea just to steer clear just in case?

 

[Tetra1990]

Put em in a glass and I've ID'd them as mayfly and blackfly larvae, both are present in large numbers. Do fish like these? Or is it a better idea just to steer clear just in case?

Oh fish love em! When the mayfly turn into adults, you have perfect bluegill bait!!