![]() ![]() The stick to the right of it is my walking stick, which is about 1 in diameter. ![]() We report here two female specimens found on two occasions on a. It was about 15 inches or maybe more if it had been straight. PDF We report here a specimen of the horsehair worm (Gordiida, Nematomorpha) Spinochordodes bacescui (Cpue, 1965) found in a patients urine. The currently known diversity of horsehair worms (Nematomorpha) from India is only 17 species. The other common name, Gordian Worm, refers to the Gordian Knot of mythology that could not be untangled, and it is a perfect visual metaphor for a Horsetail Worm when it is contracted into a ball. Horsehair Worm is the name we are using to describe the image you submitted because the creature is stretched out and really does resemble a hair from a horse’s tail or mane, and we suspect the illusion might even be more startling given the opportunity to view the worm submerged in water. ![]() We are quite fond of both descriptive common names for this parasite. Because these hosts are not found in water, the larvae must reach them by a two-step process. Adult Gordian Worms are free-living in water, but the juveniles are parasitic in land-dwelling insects and spiders. Thank you for sending in your awesome image. This also led to other common names, such as Horsehair Worms and Horsehair Snakes. How you want your letter signed: A Texas Master Naturalist Horsehair Worm Research has found that it isn’t the funguses effect in the brain creating a strong desire to move lower to the forrest floor and latch onto the midrib of the underside of a leaf, but rather the fungus secreting enzymes that directly actuate the muscle tissues while little to no spores exist. It was observed following a rain Jan 27, 2018. There are varieties of fungus that infest ants in tropical rainforests that turn them into zombies. Your letter to the bugman: Here is another example of a Gordian worm. Geographic location of the bug: Washington, Texas
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |