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Uploaded by on Sep 18, 2006

My wife found this weeding in the garden in Ohio.
any ideas? This is one worm 4" approx., no segments, 1mm thick approx.

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  • It's a little blurry to be sure. It could be a Nematode,because some species live in soil, but it could be too a little earthworm rather current from Enchytrae family : Enchytrae are totally white and tiny, so segments are difficult to see at naked eye. At each time I think seeing soil Nematodes it was Enchytrae.

  • Thanks Noah :) Can't it be a tape worm? It is so long... but it is not flat....

  • usually, tapeworms are not seen moving on earth, because only latest bits of the body (segments called proglottis, plenty of eggs)are scattered. Perhaps,there are two specimens of Enchytrae together on the video -Nematomorpha like Gordius are very long, but very look-alike to one hair.

  • no this was one single worm my wife found in the earth curled up. Been nice to have gotten a picture of its mouth... maybe next time.

    We hav eplenty of ground hogs around and a horse farm next door. Trying to figure in the four legged vectors, if it is indeed a parasite. Next time, microscope!

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  • Nematode was my first guess

  • So, perhaps this single worm could be a very thin parent of earthworm, Haplotaxis, which lives in waterground or a Nematode like Strongyloides westeri, parasiting horse and able to live freely. I send by e-mail links to photos.

  • Solitaria?

  • i think it is nematomorpha...see wikipedia

  • I think if it does not have a head, nematamorpha instead of nematoda. i cant tell how small from the vid, but nematamorpha is a bug parasite... very thin and unusually long. check out the cricket video.

  • how about ascaris?

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