Found this strange worm or larva while digging for Myrmecocystus mexicanus queens in Llano, California.
It has since died.
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, Oct 12 2019 9:45 AM
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Posted October 12 2019 - 9:45 AM
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Posted October 12 2019 - 9:55 AM
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They are still flying out there? Or did you find it weeks ago?
Hi there! I went on a 6 month or so hiatus, in part due, and in part cause of the death of my colonies.
However, I went back to the Sierras, and restarted my collection, which is now as follows:
Aphaenogaster uinta, Camponotus vicinus, Camponotus modoc, Formica cf. aserva, Formica cf. micropthalma, Formica cf. manni, Formica subpolita, Formica cf. subaenescens, Lasius americanus, Manica invidia, Pogonomyrmex salinus, Pogonomyrmex sp. 1, Solenopsis validiuscula, & Solenopsis sp. 3 (new Sierra variant).
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Posted October 12 2019 - 2:14 PM
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Looks very peculiar. Someone should setup a worm/larvae spotting chart for these situations.
There is a important time for everything, important place for everyone, an important person for everybody, and an important ant for each and every ant keeper and myrmecologist alike
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Posted October 12 2019 - 3:27 PM
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Leaning towards diptera, no legs and the shape of the head look right. No clue what it might be though beyond that. Just looked at the video, seem like diptera for sure.
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Posted October 13 2019 - 3:55 AM
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It is a shame it died, I hope you preserved it.
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Posted October 13 2019 - 9:10 AM
Preserve it I did not. 
Didn't know it would be worth it.
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Posted October 13 2019 - 10:08 AM
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Preserve it I did not.
Didn't know it would be worth it.
Darn, would be cool to have pictures of all the specimens of worms/larvae commonly kept/fed to/inhabiting ant setups
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Posted October 13 2019 - 11:05 AM
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It is always worth preserving things associated or semi associated with ant colonies.
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Posted October 13 2019 - 1:21 PM
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It is always worth preserving things associated or semi associated with ant colonies.
That's my point! If we could keep record of let's say, mealworms and all their variations, we would know what kind of mealworms are the juiciest, what kind are the most protein rich, etc. for all feeder insects and insects
*to do with ants/ our ant colonies
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Posted November 2 2019 - 1:16 PM
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looks like some sort of asiloid larva- perhaps efferia sp
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Posted November 3 2019 - 7:12 PM
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sorry for hijacking this thread, but i found a weird striped earthworm. It excretes yellow defensive liquids at the location it was touched.
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Posted November 5 2019 - 1:34 PM
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sorry for hijacking this thread, but i found a weird striped earthworm. It excretes yellow defensive liquids at the location it was touched.
Eisenia fetida, this particular phenotype is the 'tigerworm' variant.
ordinary manure worm 
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Posted November 7 2019 - 9:33 PM
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sorry for hijacking this thread, but i found a weird striped earthworm. It excretes yellow defensive liquids at the location it was touched.
Eisenia fetida, this particular phenotype is the 'tigerworm' variant.
ordinary manure worm
thanks
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