Horsehair Worms

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LouB747
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Horsehair Worms

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I had no idea what I was looking at. Worm, snake, leech. Looked it up. Parasite. Strange. Have never seen one before.

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I've seen them emerging from crickets a couple times in Arizona and Montana. The most interesting part is the mind control, where they force their host into water once the worm is done with the body. Never seen one in a mantis.
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Wow, I just read about that. Crazy world. Thanks for bringing it up.
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I have found these before swimming in mountain lakes. Put it in a water bottle and brought it home to research. Pretty interesting organisms.
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Mind control thing is really creepy.

Peeking into midwestern cattle tanks is a common way to find them (hence their name!!!) LOL
I once found them in every tank I looked into in NE Missouri.
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