It came from our FRONT LAWN!!!!

*Start ominous tones and creepy strings*

I cleaned out the pond in front of our house yesterday. This pond is small, but has had leaves decomposing in it quite some time. Which means the water was pitch black. Not a good thing.

I dug around under the depths, clearing up rocks and gravel. Dead leaves piled up next to the pond.

Then, I noticed things wiggle just below the water surface. They were clear and had long tails, as though they were trying to grab onto something solid.

Edit: They were clear, larva looking things. They were rather large (about the size of a caterpillar) and you could see all their muscles working through their skin. They had very long tails that must keep them latched to something, or else to eat. I'm not sure. They were disgusting.

There were lots of them, so I hauled the pond up and moved to the sewer.

I now have a dry basin which in the future I can put water in.