Hey all you entemologists-
I saw a worm in a Missouri lake and I'd never seen one like it before, wondered if anyone here knows what kind it is. I'll describe it as best I can and we'll see...
It was about 1/4 inch round, 2 inches long, tapered at both ends. The body was clear with white tubes inside running length-wise and brown bands width-wise along the body at 1/8th inch spacing. The internal tubes, about 5 of them, seemed to move in a crawling action inside the body when it swam.
It was swimming on the surface by bending and straightening its tail end to either side. It swam pretty well so I'm sure it was a water-dweller. It was swimming in about 4-6 inches of water near the shore, until I pitched it out a little way to see how soon a fish would eat it. It lasted about 2 min. and then, *shloop* - gone!
Sound like anything any of you've seen?


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