It looks like a colorless inch worm with a tail. Tail is what really makes this insect unique which makes me think that it is a rat tailed maggot. I have never observed maggot this up close and they absolutely look disgusting. The tail almost looks poisonous and the way they move is so creepy. Do they not have eyes? They move very slowly and it is crazy to know that small insect like this will lay eggs and create even smaller kind. I wonder where they live, what they eat and what conditions they need in order to survive. Is the tail necessary and if it was to be chopped off, could they survive? I wonder if people eat these things. They can go inside of a human, and dogs, and many different living organisms. It is absolutely sickening to see it. How small are they when they are born and how big can they get up to because I feel like they’d get even more disgusting if they were larger in size. If they don’t have eyes, how can they travel and find directions to where they wanna go? And where is the mouth located? Seems like this insect doesn’t have anything.
This larvae has the body size of about 2cm with its tail about 2cm as well. The tail is as long as the body and I am starting to think that the tail helps the larvae travel or find the direction it wants to go to. But even then why is the tail so long? It has like black stuff inside, would that be food stored in the body or something else? At the first glance, this looks like a little tiny firstborn mouse. Staring and observing this insect makes me absolutely sick that I don’t even think I can stare at it even a little longer. It is almost as if I have a headache now and want to vomit. Would they be in the primary predator level and if so do they only feed off of plants? And do they need these little wood chips in their environment because I was given this insect and those little wood pieces.Does this maggot have the ability to pick up its tail? Because it looks like it always is down and dragging on the floor. Why don’t they have the ability to come out of these little containers? I feel like it tried several times but it gives up.
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