I found this big, squirmy crane fly larva in the soil yesterday while I was pulling some weeds. I tried to take still pictures of it, but the darned thing wouldn't hold still. So I tried video mode.
It reminded me of an elephant seal. Or maybe an elephant's trunk. Only much smaller, and yuckier. After I finished filming it, I did what I figured was a practical thing: I fed it to my female wide-arm mantid. I will not post those pictures here, because it was horrible and gross. The maggot practically exploded with dark fluids. The mantid slurped up every drop. *gag* (sorry!)
