Alaska Native News‘Snakeworm’ mystery yields species new to science
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Snakeworm gnat larvae cross a road in Fairbanks in 2007. Photo by Derek Sikes
Add another species to the list of organisms oozing over Alaska.
A tiny gnat — one that in its larval stage sometimes crawls over its brethren’s backs in great numbers until together they resemble a long gray...
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‘Snakeworm’ mystery yields species new to science - Alaska Native News
Add another species to the list of organisms oozing over Alaska. A tiny gnat — one that in its larval stage sometimes crawls over its brethren’s backs in great numbers until together they resemble a long gray snake — is a newly described species. Alaska insect expert Derek Sikes and postdoctoral researcher Thalles Pereira from […]