leek problem
By Danjam
United Kingdom 
harvesting my leeks this year there was a small what seemed to be a small red maggot type thing red in colour any one now what this is and a cure please
21 Feb, 2009
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sounds daft but they werent 'baby' worms were they?
21 Feb, 2009
Good point!. Baby worms would love to live in any tunnels left by other invaders, protected and moist.
21 Feb, 2009
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Interesting. Onion fly has a white maggot and Leek moth has a yellowy/green one. I can find no references to a red maggot in Leeks, yet.
21 Feb, 2009