Monday, July 19, 2021

Case of the Week 646

 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?









8 comments:

dirus said...

Most likely a gordiid/nematomorph worm.

Unknown said...

Sweeeeeet!! Horsehair worm!

Idzi P. said...

Indeed, Gordian worm (nematomorph), aka “horsehair worm”.
Always spectacular! Poor cricket…

Anonymous said...

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

Sir Galahad said...

Gordiaceo ( Nematomorfo)

Sherin said...

Gordian or Horsehair worm - not a human parasite.

Labweeks.com said...

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/

Unknown said...

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...