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Worms (or Caterpillars) that Look Like Snakes

A worm that looks like a snake? What is that? This, in short, is the question we received from a reader recently. Actually, he never used the word “worm,” which is appropriate, because he probably found a caterpillar that looks like a snake, and not a worm that looks like a snake, or at least it seems that way to us (we’re not entirely sure what he found). The creature in question is about an inch long, and it is the head that primarily looks snake-like, not the body (perhaps because snakes are almost always longer than an inch long). What is this creature? A worm? A caterpillar? Something else entirely?