This week's case was donated to us by Dr. Will Sears. He and his wife found the following worm in a puddle in Zion national park. This interesting worm is also occasionally submitted to the clinical parasitology laboratory. What is it?
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Most likely a gordiid/nematomorph worm.
Sweeeeeet!! Horsehair worm!
Indeed, Gordian worm (nematomorph), aka “horsehair worm”.
Always spectacular! Poor cricket…
Gordian worm or “horse hair worm”. Actually in Florida we don’t receive these samples as often as the common earthworms.
Beautiful samples.
Florida Fan
Gordiaceo ( Nematomorfo)
Gordian or Horsehair worm - not a human parasite.
Vegetable fibers is one of the most common artifacts and confusers found in stool. Others like hair fibers,pollen grain, starch granule has been documented https://labweeks.com/artifacts-and-confusers/
Neato...I think is what most people picture when they think of the parasitic worm and they cringe at the the thought of admiring the gordian or horsehair nematode...
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