what parasite did I find

Today I was checking out my sons BP and we found some tadpole looking things swimming in his water bowl. They looked like tiny hairs but they were swimming. What the heck are these?
Thanks, I'm a little worried!!!

Strange, I have no clue. Do you have pictures of them? Try to describe them more, if possible.

they are white VERY tiny, they jerk around when they swim. I flushed them so no picture. Someone siad maybe house fly larve? picture a TINY tadpole and you'll get the picture.

yuk :weirdface maybe they are aliens and they are cunducting research .:O:rofl:

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Originally Posted by texron

they are white VERY tiny, they jerk around when they swim. I flushed them so no picture. Someone siad maybe house fly larve? picture a TINY tadpole and you'll get the picture.

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Dipterans do not have an aquatic larval stage, therefore they could not be house fly larvae.

The only think I can think of is planaria...but that tends to occur in aquariums. Do you have any fish tanks with water?

thanks for the help

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Originally Posted by omnibus2

Dipterans do not have an aquatic larval stage, therefore they could not be house fly larvae.

The only think I can think of is planaria...but that tends to occur in aquariums. Do you have any fish tanks with water?

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No, none

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Originally Posted by omnibus2

Dipterans do not have an aquatic larval stage, therefore they could not be house fly larvae.

The only think I can think of is planaria...but that tends to occur in aquariums. Do you have any fish tanks with water?

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I googled planaria, thats not it.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nematode

I believe that it's not a parasite, I think that it was mosquito larvae.
It fits the descrition that you gave and I can not think of another organism that swims with a "jerky" motion. Use a search engine for pics to double check.