"Pat Kiewicz" wrote in message
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Lilah Morgan said:

This is probably a horsehair worm, a good-guy. They are parasites of
grasshoppers, crickets, etc. Go ahead and put it back where you found
it!

http://www.inhs.uiuc.edu/inhsreports...r95/page4.html
http://www.ipm.ucdavis.edu/PMG/PESTNOTES/pn7471.html
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Pat in Plymouth MI ('someplace.net' is comcast)

Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced.
(attributed to Don Marti)

*looks at picture*...yeah that looks like it. That's a relief, and explains
why it was by the pond...now I'll just have to cover it with some dirt when
I put it back so the chickens/geese don't eat it. Thank you.