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aquatic worm
Copyright © 2009 tom murray

aquatic worm
Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
January 23, 2009
Size: ~3cm
Found in the muck at the edge of the swamp out back. I can frass this after any comments. I'm just looking for some help identifying this thing. It's got a many segmented body, so I don't think it's a horsehair worm.

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Contributed by tom murray on 23 January, 2009 - 5:42pm
Last updated 23 January, 2009 - 7:54pm

Looks like an annelid (oligochaete) of some sort
maybe Tubifex
… Tim Loh, 23 January, 2009 - 6:00pm login or register to post comments

 
Delicious
Many Tanypodinae eat those instead of following a vegetarian diet like the rest of the Chironomidae.
… John F. Carr, 23 January, 2009 - 6:06pm login or register to post comments

 
Well,
It's good to find out that it's not some sort of parasitoid.
… tom murray, 23 January, 2009 - 8:12pm login or register to post comments

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