I was in the living room when I noticed a movement from the corner of my eye. A long piece of white cotton seemed to be waving from the top of one of the plants. It turns out that it was a Horsehair worm. They normally live in water, but can appear in damp weather (and as you can see, it was damp), and wave from the the top of plants... although no-one is quite sure why. Because this one is white it would have just emerged as it would normally be a shade of brown.
They apparently parasitise beetles and grasshoppers (from eggs, not from grown worms) and when ready to emerge they make the creature thirsty and as it falls into the water the worm leaves the body. Wierd!!!!
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