Mermithida

Hobro, Jylland, Danmark

Tent Rock National Monument, NM

Hobro, Jylland, Danmark

Hobro, Jylland, Danmark

Hobro, Jylland, Danmark

Hobro, Jylland, Danmark

Hobro, Jylland, Danmark

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.

Description: English: adult male tetragnathid spider with mermithid nematode emerging from abdomen. Date: 29 January 2010. Source: Self-photographed. Author: S.E. Thorpe. NEW ZEALAND WO, Limestone Downs, pitfall trap, 22 Dec 2009-13 Jan 2010, C.H. Watts (Contact Energy Waikato wind farm, A block, turbine A028, pitfall trap A) Licensing[edit] Public domainPublic domainfalsefalse. : I, the copyright holder of this work, release this work into the public domain. This applies worldwide.In some countries this may not be legally possible; if so:I grant anyone the right to use this work for any purpose, without any conditions, unless such conditions are required by law.

Description: Figure 1: Mermithid exposed in the gaster of Camponotus sp. from the Sierra Nevada, California. Date: 9 October 2011. Source: https://www.hindawi.com/journals/psyche/2012/192017/. Author: George Poinar Jr.mw-parser-output.license-review-passed{width:100%;margin:0.5em auto;background:#eeffee;padding:5px;border:1px solid #aaaa88}.mw-parser-output.license-review-failed{width:100%;margin:0.5em auto;background:#fee7e5;padding:5px;border:1px solid #aaaa88}.mw-parser-output.license-review-needed{width:100%;margin:0.5em auto;background:#fffff0;padding:5px;border:1px solid #aaaa88} : This file, which was originally posted to an external website, has not yet been reviewed by an administrator or reviewer to confirm that the above license is valid. See Category:License review needed for further instructions.

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.

Description: English: adult male tetragnathid spider with mermithid nematode emerging from abdomen. Date: 29 January 2010. Source: Self-photographed. Author: S.E. Thorpe. NEW ZEALAND WO, Limestone Downs, pitfall trap, 22 Dec 2009-13 Jan 2010, C.H. Watts (Contact Energy Waikato wind farm, A block, turbine A028, pitfall trap A) Licensing[edit] Public domainPublic domainfalsefalse. : I, the copyright holder of this work, release this work into the public domain. This applies worldwide.In some countries this may not be legally possible; if so:I grant anyone the right to use this work for any purpose, without any conditions, unless such conditions are required by law.

Description: Figure 1: Mermithid exposed in the gaster of Camponotus sp. from the Sierra Nevada, California. Date: 9 October 2011. Source: https://www.hindawi.com/journals/psyche/2012/192017/. Author: George Poinar Jr.mw-parser-output.license-review-passed{width:100%;margin:0.5em auto;background:#eeffee;padding:5px;border:1px solid #aaaa88}.mw-parser-output.license-review-failed{width:100%;margin:0.5em auto;background:#fee7e5;padding:5px;border:1px solid #aaaa88}.mw-parser-output.license-review-needed{width:100%;margin:0.5em auto;background:#fffff0;padding:5px;border:1px solid #aaaa88} : This file, which was originally posted to an external website, has not yet been reviewed by an administrator or reviewer to confirm that the above license is valid. See Category:License review needed for further instructions.

Description: Mermis nigrescens, Fig.9. A End of ovary, B Uterine tube, C Beginning Uterus. Fig.10. uterus with ripe eggs; c=vulva, e=vagina, f=uterus Fig.11. eggs with bissi; Fig.9. A Ende des Eiweissschlauches ; B Tuba; C Anfang des Uterus; a Ringmuskeln der Tuba; b ein Ei vor dem Eintritt in die Tube; c Chorion desselben; d helle, weiche Schicht um dasselbe, aus welcher während des Durchgangs durch die Tuba die Schale mit den Chalazen Geformt wird; e ein Ei in der Tuba, welche hinter demselben eng zusammengeschnürt ist; f fertiges Ei, eben in den Uterus gelangend: g in der Fettmetamorphose begriffene Samenkörperchen. Fig.10. Mittlerer Leibesabschnitt mit der Vagina , von der Seite gesehen. A Rückenfläche; B Bauchfläche; a Corium; b Muskeln; c Vulva; d ringförmiger Wulst der Tunica propria der Vagina beim Uebergange in das Corium; warzenformige Verdickungen; e Vagina; f f die beiden Uteri. Fig.11. Reife Eier und Embryonen. a Reife Eier aus dem Uterus mit Chorion und Schale; an letzterer die Chalazen und eine im Aequator verlaufende Furche. Der Embryo ist bereits entwickelt; b ein Ei auf der Kante liegend (Linsenform); c c eine in der Furche klaffende Schale ; d das hervorgetretene Ei vom Chorion umgeben ; e unregelmässig geborstenes Chorion; f f künstlich herausgedrückte Embryonen; a Vorderende mit vorstreckbarem Stachel; l3 Schwanzende. Date: 1856. Source: https://ia802607.us.archive.org/BookReader/BookReaderImages.php?id=zeitschriftfrw07zool&itemPath=%2F27%2Fitems%2Fzeitschriftfrw07zool&server=ia802607.us.archive.org&page=n498_w937 Zeitschrift fur Wissenschafkiche Zoologie, Siebenter band, Verlag von Wilhelm Engelmann, Leipzig. Author: Carl Theodore von Siebolt und Albert Kölliker.

Description: Mermis nigrescens. Adult active on garden soil following a period of rainy and overcast weather. Date: 18 May 2018. Source: https://www.forestryimages.org/browse/detail.cfm?imgnum=5570383. Author: Whitney Cranshaw, Colorado State University, Bugwood.org.