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Horsehair Worm

Photo by kijkej
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Description:

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

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Comments (3)
lori.tas
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
yes! that looks like it! amazing! Thank you :)
lori.tas
Most likely a horsehair worm. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nematomorpha
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PublishedSeptember 22, 2011

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