Strange Id Please

[aquariagirl1976]

Hi all! I tried doing a search of this and found nothing...here is the description...

My son was playing in his sandbox this morning and there was some water in it from a rain we got a couple of days ago. He found in the water what I can only describe as a transparent caterpillar with a long whip-like tail a little bit longer than it's body. The body is about a quarter of an inch long. You can see it's insides, they are black. Any ideas??? In all my life I have never seen anything like this. I am in Ontario, Canada if the location helps.

Thanks! Jennifer.

 

[madness]

wht not take it to a museum or zoo and ask them to identify it?

 

[fatboy]

Maybe a caddisfly nymph?
http/www.troutnut.com/specimen/559

Or Alderfly?
http/www.troutnut.com/specimen/392

I bet it's a nymph of some kind. Troutnut probably has a photo somewhere. I've no idea what kind are around Canada this time of year. Actually, I don't even know what is kind are on my doorstep.

 

[aquariagirl1976]

Maybe a caddisfly nymph?
http/www.troutnut.com/specimen/559

Or Alderfly?
http/www.troutnut.com/specimen/392

I bet it's a nymph of some kind. Troutnut probably has a photo somewhere. I've no idea what kind are around Canada this time of year. Actually, I don't even know what is kind are on my doorstep.

Thanks for the links, but they don't look like the wiggly thing my son found. I looked all thru the pics on the site, cannot find it. Whatever it is, it has a mouth that opens as big as it's body, and it is still clear looking but I can see its guts. It literally looks like a transparent caterpillar with a long whip tail.

wht not take it to a museum or zoo and ask them to identify it?

Thanks, but there isn't any in my area. Great suggestion tho!

 

[~T~]

Rat tailed maggot?

 

[aquariagirl1976]

Rat tailed maggot?

Now this is more like it! Very close if not it bang on! Well, whatever it is, it is now dead. (Thankfully, it was really creeping me out...!)