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Horsehair Worm

Description:

Some kind of long skinny worm in lake up on a mtn in Zion.




No species ID suggestions

3 Comments

lori.tas
lori.tas a year ago

I found them in a pond I had in NM, and was a bit freaked out by them at first. I put one in a jar and had it ID by a biologist - still found them a bit freaky (especially the way they drive their grasshopper host to drown itself in water), but less so.

kijkej
kijkej a year ago

yes! that looks like it! amazing! Thank you :)

lori.tas
lori.tas a year ago

Most likely a horsehair worm. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nematomorph...

Utah, USA

Lat: 37.21, Long: -112.98

Spotted on Jun 30, 2010
Submitted on Sep 22, 2011

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