Ghosties

[beblondie]

burrow into thier host and consume them from the inside

 

[mojo2776]

Ouch, don't think I've seen any yet, but I'll start looking more closely. Thanks for the heads up.

 

[moonchild1970]

Thank Anne for looking into this for me!

 

[beblondie]

I have another place to look later for more info but don't have time right now.

Moon its really just what a good Mod should do

 

[moonchild1970]

True. You are so good to us and our poly's! Thanks again!

 

[Zinq]

Thanks for the reply Anne. Sounds like fun times with the whole burrowing and eating from the inside out.

I did a quick search and it doesn't seem to use vertebrates in it's life cycle, at least not commonly. Mainly parasitises on inverts apparently. But yah, better safe then sorry.

 

[tezr]

No control measures are recommended as horsehair worms do not injure humans, animals or plants (cause no economic damage). Instead, they are considered beneficial since they kill many harmful pests such as grasshoppers, crickets, cockroaches, beetles, millipedes, centipedes, snails, slugs, etc.

seems to be the repeated theme on all the sites I have found...

 

[Bichirs4life]

Well if the information came from the University of Kentucky than it's information you can hang your hat on!!! Go Cats!!!

 

[killerfish]

good thread beblondie worms are getting more and more common around here i don't buy ghost shrimp for petsmart any more

 

[SemperFish]

nasty little buggers eh? Im gonna start keeping an eye out for them. Fortunately im trying to grow my own ghosties now, but now im going to stop feeding crickets as well since I cant see inside them!