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What kind of worms are these?

 
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I made chicken manure tea by fermenting it in a container, and after two months, I've noticed a bunch of long worms swimming around in it. What kind of worms are these?
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 worms swimming around
worms swimming around
 
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It is hard to see which are worms.

Can you remove some and get a close up picture.
 
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Those look like black soldier fly larvae to me. Do they have long, threadlike "tails" that drift behind them?
 
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