Hey all

have found somthing that could poteintally be a bit disturbing on the boat and was hoping someone couldhed some light on it for me with a positive ID on them

When giving the boat a once over today, I found a few what looks to be insect (pupa?) shells in the front bow storage area. Its a glass boat and has a sealed floor with a bow to sterm flushing system, so I ran a rose and a fair bit of water through it for a good length of time and no more of them, or anything else suspicious looking came through it, so its got me a bit stumped...

I originally thought the worst (termites in the stringer beams etc) but after some googling, these things dont look like anything like termite shells

I then thought wasps as we get a heap of them up here, but again, they done look anything like what we find in those annoying red dirt nests they build all over the walls here.

I then remembered that a couple of trips ago, a decent sized grinner destined for bait fell into the bilge pod and disappeared under the floor, never to be seen again, so am thinking the shells might be a result of maggots from it rotting out up under there, which Im guessing wont be too much to worry about. Judging by the little ridges on the shells and the look of the couple of pics I found online, I think I might be right in saying maggots?

The first two pics are the ones I found, and the last two are the results of my googling

Anyone got any definate idea on what they are? if if maggots- could they potentially have done/ be doing any damage that I cant see? The hull obviously gets flushed natuarly when Im out on the water due to the design, and I found them in the bow part which probably doesnt get as much water through it as the rest of the hull, but any advice/ info would be great

thanks

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