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Post by toni on Jul 28, 2009 17:01:49 GMT -5
This specimen is VERY tiny!
I'll be back with a picture of it on a penny so you can see it's as small as the 0's on a penny of the year 2000.
As I press on this sucker, ( got it out 5 days ago) from my leg, the worm squeezes right out.
( I have this floating in water, otherwise it would dry out )
The particles floating are just milk and yogurt stuff that was on my glass slide.
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Post by toni on Jul 28, 2009 17:09:42 GMT -5
Here it is sitting on a penny (the year 2000) so you can see how tiny this is. It's all dried out. Magnification 60X.
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Post by mfromcanada on Jul 28, 2009 17:50:05 GMT -5
I think it could resemble a sprout, like a bean sprout.
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Post by bannanny on Jul 28, 2009 18:09:47 GMT -5
Yuck... what did it look like on your leg before you got it out? I wonder if the whole thing would roll out into a worm shape if it were let go. Did the wormy lookin part seem to be separate and detached from the sac part?
hugs ~~ bannanny
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Post by toni on Jul 28, 2009 18:59:52 GMT -5
What I first noticed was a little like red bump on my thigh, and then when I squeezed it, that popped out.
The wormy thing is still "hanging out of the egg" in that video and in the picture on the penny there.
It's dried out but still in tact, but I'm trying to find someone to send it to so that's the only reason I'm leaving it "half in the egg still" and half way out of it, cause there's still more inside the egg sac part, which I can see when I use the scope with the underneath lighting.
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Post by bannanny on Jul 28, 2009 23:00:50 GMT -5
Well I sure hope you can find someone toni... someone who at least might have a bit of curiosity to go along with their brain functions. I have alot of little red bumps on me too... especially in my neck and on my upper back. I leave them alone tho... I'm gonna keep leavin 'em alone too now that I've seen what you got out! Good luck sweetie...
hugs ~~ bannanny
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Post by lilsissy on Jul 29, 2009 2:32:46 GMT -5
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Post by toni on Jul 29, 2009 9:00:07 GMT -5
Jen,
Oh...yes, I've looked so much at those, and THANK you for that too.
I've got a pic (somewhere) on the board here, that the "capsule/sac" looked just LIKE these too!
Thank you.
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Post by overandover on Jul 30, 2009 21:28:22 GMT -5
Steinernema carpocapsae
Toni please look this one up, he looks like yours to me.
Love ya big, Suebe
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Post by overandover on Jul 30, 2009 21:35:13 GMT -5
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Post by toni on Jul 31, 2009 8:44:51 GMT -5
Sube, Thank you. That nematode really is very interesting for a couple of reasons too. They actually ship those Steinernema carpocapsae nematodes (dry in clay) and all one has to do is "wet it down" and the nematodes are then let loose, and this particular nematode invades roaches, fruit flies, fleas, and alot of other pesky insects in the agricultural area too. These nematodes you've mentioned and pictured (the egg) with it hatching I believe these also lay their eggs inside of all these different insects, and thrive on the "goo" inside them then they emerge. Thanks you. www.biconet.com/biocontrol/nemas.html
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