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Worm
Copyright © 2009 John F. Carr

Worm
Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
January 8, 2009
Size: 6 mm
A small, rotten tree fell down last week. I broke off a small piece today and found this hiding in a tube. It never moved. It could be immobile in hibernation or dead from cold after losing most of its shelter.

It is in my refrigerator now, at about today's outside air temperature, along with some small pieces of rotten wood. I can take more pictures.

Is it feasible to keep it alive over winter, if it is alive? How? I have a choice of maybe -10C or +5C. What is its cue to resume activity in the spring?

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Worm Tail Head
Contributed by John F. Carr on 8 January, 2009 - 4:20pm
Last updated 30 June, 2009 - 2:48pm

Moved
Moved from Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies.
… Charley Eiseman, 30 June, 2009 - 2:48pm

actually...
This is not a worm at all.The proper name is larva.
… e. fosdick, 6 April, 2009 - 6:26pm

I wish you luck
I hope that you have success in raising your baby and that we find out what it is eventually.
… Beatriz Moisset, 23 January, 2009 - 5:14pm

Wood-boring wasp larva?
I wonder if this might not be the larva of a Xiphydria woodwasp (family Xiphydriidae). The short spine on the tail end is typical of siricoid wasp larvae....Nice find if that is the case, and a great image.
… Eric R. Eaton, 8 January, 2009 - 5:27pm

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