Saturday, June 12, 2010

bloodworm

Bait from a weekend in Shady Side, MD.  Bloodworms, well, bleed (excessively).  The weird nodule on the left end is its proboscis, or retractable mouthpart; you can see the four-pointed area that contains its four hollow teeth (that inject poison!).  I wish I had gotten a better photo of the proboscis, but the worm had already retracted it after I took this one.

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