tehag - 4-4-2011 at 07:37 PM
Ornate fireworm - Chloeia viridis
Had I remembered who this was, I wouldn't have picked them up. They crawled equally well on either side, and neither of them stung me or left venomous
hairs in my skin. Dumb luck. They had washed up on the beach in Loreto and undulated away when returned to the water.
BajaRat - 4-4-2011 at 08:27 PM
Is that there top and bottom side?
P.S. DON'T put them in your mouth!
Fireworms
tehag - 4-5-2011 at 05:52 AM
Yes, one is right-side up, the other upside down. I'm a little unclear on which is which. My invertebrates book shows them fuzzy side up, but they
seem to get around OK either way.
Lauriboats - 4-5-2011 at 06:22 AM
Why would you have wanted to put them up in the first place?