What are these worms?In my dirt.?

Question

Theres,these worms that look exactly like meal worms,but in fact u can see their vein or whatever it is,they arent as dark as real meal worms and i call them night crawlers,but when i look up night crawlers they give me worms thatare those long wiggly onesw.Thats NOT it.I want u ppl to hand me some pictures of worms that also look simalar to meal worms,but not meal worm pictures,No matter how many times i look up meal worms they dont look like the worms i have.Please give me some pictures of what these might be.

Ps,there not maggots either.

Answer 1

Maggots are from flies, sounds like you have "mealy worms"

They are beneficial to soil, so let them be !

Answer 2

Perhaps they are grubs?

http://cornellcollege.edu/biology/insect...

Thats about the only thing I can think of that might resemble meal worms. If they are grubs they will most likely become japanese beetles after they have eaten all the roots they can find. There are several plant friendly treatments for them though. You can just go to a home and garden store and ask around there for grub killer ^^

good luck and I hope I helped

Answer 3

Take one to your local plant nursery and ask them what it is.  If it's a pest, ask them how to kill it.  

Answer 4

There are many kinds of worms. A worm with a stripe on it's side might be a grub. See another photo of one here:  http://www.flickr.com/photos/rowan_photo...

They tend to curl up like this one if exposed out in the open or poked at with a stick.

Answer 5

They could be several different kinds of worms, grubs, larva, etc. depending on the soil and plants where you found them.  They are probably eating the roots of whatever is growing there like flowers, vegetables, lawn.

Try doing a Google search using the terms grub, larva, root, pest and use the Google image search to see photos.