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Black Organism that Rolls Up is Likely Snake or Caterpillar Skin

“Can you please help me identify this worm?” writes Lorra from Oklahoma about the black and gray creature pictured below. “It was very sticky, and fanned out along the bottom until I tried to pick it up, at which point it rolled and stuck together. Thank you.” We must say that we do not recognize this organism off the bat: it has a strange, wavy shape, and the markings on the body are not familiar to us. In fact, when we look at some of the photos, we see that parts of the organism look paper thin, particularly the “fanned out” parts that Lorra mentions. She continues to say that when she picked it up, those parts “rolled and stuck together”, which makes us think this might not be an organism at all.