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Insect and Spider Identification: Teaming Mass, 1 by PitterCol

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PitterCol wrote:
This teaming mass of worms 1.5cm long moves forward very slowly en masse. I suspect they need each others mucus to avoid drying out. It may also be a strategy to make them look like something else rather than individual worms to birds or other predators. I wonder what they are.