View Full Version : What Worm is This?
Arthur Morris
01-29-2009, 08:06 PM
This Yellow-Crowned Night-Heron holding some sort of marine (?) worm was photographed in St. Petersburg, FL this morning with the (much maligned) Canon 100-400mm IS L lens and the EOS-50D. ISO 400. Manual mode: 1/1600 at f/7.1 (Evaualuative mmetering +1/3 stop.)
Willets and Black-bellied Plovers love these black worms and today the yellow-crowns were feasting on them. Any help with the ID or even the family would be appreciated. The worms apprear to be thickly segmented.
Steve Maxson
01-29-2009, 08:52 PM
Hi Artie. I have photos of white ibises eating these. I believe they are called lugworms (Genus Arenicola). Hope this helps.
Axel Hildebrandt
01-29-2009, 09:30 PM
I don't know anything about worms but photographed a black-bellied plover in Florida who had one of those, I believe. If it helps to ID it, here is a link: http://www.pbase.com/axelhi/image/95593093/original.jpg
Dominic Cantin
01-30-2009, 03:06 AM
A realy nice image Artie :cool: Maybe the YCNH chew the worm before , that why it's thickly segmented ? ;) can't help about id.
Dom :)
Rich Steel
01-30-2009, 07:19 AM
Hi Artie
Looks like a soon to be ex-worm. The worm I would say is what we call here in the UK, Black Lugworm. Lives in u-shaped burrows under the sand and leaves worm casts on the surfaces at low water. A popular bait with sea anglers who dig them out of the beach. It seems not only the fish enjoy them.
Beautiful looking bird!
Cheers
Rich
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