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So their Brachypterous larvae?
It is an Annelid aka earthworm
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Earthworms use copious amounts of slime to facilitate movement through the soil. If they were not burrowing some other factor is in play, eg. if the soil substrate is very wet they will have surface so as to breathe...in any case the segmented ringed body indicates definately an annellid
That matches it, thank you!I believe that I just found out what this creature is.... Looks like its a fungus gnat larva. It looks to be an species of Arachnocampa that catch their prey in the sticky substance the crawl around on.
Mine doesn't look exactly the New Zealand species, and instead of hanging the web is under a log. I see normal fungus gnats in plant pots or roach tank, but those larvae are white and almost caterpillar like. These are similar to the bioluminescent ones, but different color. Again, first time I ever saw these, mabye they are invasive or a new species, I have no idea and it seems here people are stumped on an exact species.No doubt I'm being extra-dense today...but isn't Arachnocampa only found in New Zealand/Australia (and in caves)...and isn't the OP in New York?
Gotcha!Mine doesn't look exactly the New Zealand species, and instead of hanging the web is under a log. I see normal fungus gnats in plant pots or roach tank, but those larvae are white and almost caterpillar like. These are similar to the bioluminescent ones, but different color. Again, first time I ever saw these, mabye they are invasive or a new species, I have no idea and it seems here people are stumped on an exact species.
I will try when it's warmer out, we just got a few inches of snow today, too cold to look for more right now.Gotcha!
If you could get another photo...a clear one of the head...we could likely narrow it down a bit...
Immature diptera (if that's what it is) are very hard to ID...even by those that do it fairly often...
Looks a lot like the Cerotelion in this link.