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A fact from Mermithidae appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 29 November 2008, and was viewed approximately 7,700 times (disclaimer) (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that a parasitic worm of the family Mermithidae (pictured) has been found in a spider preserved in Baltic amber for 40 million years?

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Mermis or nematomorph?

According to Dr. John Capinera, chair of the Department of Entomology and Nematology, University of Florida, this image is of a horsehair worm (Nematomorpha: Class Gordioidea) and not a species in Nematoda, order Mermithida, family Mermithidae. Capinera is well published on grasshopper species in the U.S. and is currently writing a Featured Creatures publication on Mermis nigrescens Dujardin, 1842, which should be online in about a week.

He is also published on Mermis nigrescens:

Capinera JL. 1987. Observations on natural and experimental parasitism of insects by Mermis nigrescens Dujardin (Nematoda: Mermithidae). Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 60: 159-162.

I am correcting the subclass from Enoplia to Dorylaimia. See "Talk" within Wikipedia article "Mermithida" for explanation.Ray Glock-Grueneich (talk) 16:11, 24 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

He also wrote the Featured Creatures publication on horsehair works at [1].

Thomas R. Fasulo (talk) 16:58, 5 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I added a link to the UF/IFAS publication which is now available. Thomas R. Fasulo (talk) 18:28, 10 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

add another picture and/or video?

I dont really know the rules on taking things from the open internet, but here is a picture and a video of a worm inside a spider

http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2007/12/15/mermithid-worm-parasitizes-spider/ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4E5vUUtSWT4&list=UUAjxeq-3rEQbBqIKxLnq92Q&index=1 24.141.1.24 (talk) 01:20, 11 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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