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7 comments:
I have voted not parasite on many things before like this -- thick cell walls and so on -- and as far as I know never been caught out.
Some sort of seed?
--bks
Shaggy coat. Spore of somekind?
I hate to give up, but on the other hand "je n'en sais rien".
Florida fans
can it be Dirofilaria sp.
The third photo seems to have hexagonal wall structures similar to plant-like membranes. I vote non-parasite, but I could easily be wrong!
Not a parasite! Cell wall+outer coat make me think of a SEED!
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