New species for me. Saw it crawling out of the sand off of Destin, Fl. Oddly, was the middle of the day.
Anyone know this species of fire worm?
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Sully3
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red tipped fireworm
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your picture is better than the one I have in my book, looks like a scalloped fireworm. distribution in book does not agree so maybe not. Actually the book says they do not know the distribution. but looks exactly the same.
Sully3
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scalloped was my other thought, but I said red tipped b/c the colors in my book don't look anything like that and it doesn't say anything about color variation.
Sail Naked is probably right though due to shape. The red tipped is usually thicker
Sail Naked is probably right though due to shape. The red tipped is usually thicker
livi120
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I'm going with Matt's first guess here. I think this is a Red-Tipped Fireworm. The scalloped has a much more uniform color. this red-tipped is much more banded. The scalloped has a dark line running down it's back, this one has the pair of white spots that the red-tipped has. As for thickness I think it's just not displaying it's bristles in this pic.
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