Red wormlike insects in our pool?

Question

Our pool has been very nasty so we drained it to get all the dirt/muck/etc out and as it got low enough get in and brush the walls and clean I have notice SEVERAL very small, half inch or less.. deep red, wormlike bugs. they move quickly and tend to curl up. I picked a few up with some needle nose pliers and realized when taken out of water they die. Does anyone know what these are?

Answer 1

You probably aren't gonna like this answer....

They are probably a type of mosquito larvae called bloodworms. The color is due to hemoglobin.

Answer 2

sounds like mosquito larva. there are products that are safe for kids and pets that u can put in the water if its stagnate called mosquito dunks or something of that nature. u will probably find them at home depot or Lowe's

Answer 3

yup, as said, they're basically pesty mosquitos.

try these donut dunk tablets

http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?t=pool0c-20&o...

the dunks contain a bacillus that occurs naturally in soil. with the scurge of west nile virus being carried by mosquitos these dunks are very necessary.