MermithidaeIreland

Description:

Description: English: Mermithidae.A mermithid worm winding though Hebe.The length is circa 10cm and the diameter < O.3 mm. The Hebe is covered in spider webs.It looks as though the mermithid is questing for spider hosts.It was constantly active. Locality Hilden, Co. Antrim,Ireland. Date 31 May 2012 11.am. Identification Andreas Schmidt-Rhaesa, Curator at the Zoological Museum at the University of Hamburg , Hamburg Germany. confirmed id as Mermithidae "likely Mermis nigrescens" via Ashleigh B. Smythe Visiting Assistant Professor Department of Biology, Hamilton College 198 College Hill Rd., Clinton, NY Most likely host earwig (Dermaptera) see here [1]. Date: 31 May 2012. Source: Own work. Author: Notafly.