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Maggot Observation

Submitted by mrmoy on Fri, 01/26/2018 - 14:58
  • Touch:
    • Feels smooth
  • Sight:
    • Looks a light brownish color, with a clear body
    • It has a tail and little feet at the bottom of its body
    • It moves by expanding its body and retracting it
    • Seems to stop moving after you touch it
    • Inside, it appears to have a black tip at the front and the back of its white body.
    • Body is about 1.5 cm in body length when fully stretched, 3 cm including the tail. 1 cm in length when it’s at rest and not moving
    • Appears to have no eyes, moves around by the sense of touch. It doesn’t avoid the wooden chips, it goes through it or moves it out of the way.
    • When its body stretches out, a tongue or some kind of touch receptor comes out to sense what’s in front of it.
    • Likes to move toward the edges of the container
    • Can climb; escaped the container a couple of times
  • What does it eat?
  • What environment best suits this organism?
  • How does it see/sense its surroundings?
  • How does it reproduce?

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