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When I first found this small worm I thought it was a (terrestrial) leech because of its flailing movement, as if seeking a host (me). However it made no attempt to bite me and more importantly lacked obvious segmentation. I suppose it might be a land planarian/terrestrial flatworm.
Spotted inside a bathroom in a house surrounded by a large yard and garden with a disturbed patch of remnant lowland forest nearby. This is in the equatorial tropics of northern New Guinea.
Spotted on Jan 18, 2014
Submitted on Jan 19, 2014
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ah dont touch! That is a New Guinea flat worm. An invasive species that has now found its way to U.S. and is harmful to both gardens and humans. Parasitic, carries meningitis, and harmful to snails~