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   Ameria - Horse-hair Worm 
(Gordius sp. / Paragordius sp. / Gordionus sp.)   Horse-hair Worm

 
 

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Unusual, 1mm thin and 30-40cm long worm (can grow up to 1m)

Several of them often found to form a kind of "Gordian Knot".

 

!! See how they move:

VIDEO 1gordius
(2.3 MB)

VIDEO 
2 gordia
(1.4 MB)