A Spiked Worm, [Aeolosoma hemprichi], and Cyanobacteria

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Mitch640
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A Spiked Worm, [Aeolosoma hemprichi], and Cyanobacteria

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<edit>After searching, I have found this to be an Aeolosoma variegatum hemprichi.

The things in my jar are growing up. There is a lot of cyanobacteria growing too, it resembles a dustbunny, but, it moves.

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Here you can see he is caught in a single strand of cyanobacteria, and he never did break it, he had to back out. Says something for how strong the bonds are between cells.
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One more.
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I think your "spiked worm" is more accurate than "bug larva".
Looks like a member of the Oligochaete.
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Thanks NU, that gets me on the right track. I am editing some video of this guy now, and I just noticed, there are two of them. See in the second picture, where it looks like a kink about 2/3 back? Looks like a second one leeched onto the tail of the first. You can see it in picture 3 too.

Here is a video of it.
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