Del,
Can you relate the size of these worms. I have casually looked for these
worms in several parts of the world, but was ill equipped, having only a
hand lens, no preservatives, etc. Snow algae on glaciers seems to be
relatively common and I wonder if the worms are ubiquitous, but seldom
looked for.
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On Mon, 17 Nov 1997, Del Blackburn wrote:
> I have in the collection at Clark College, Vancouver, Washington, USA a
> jar of M. solifugus collected in 1974 June 25 at 1800 meters elevation on
> Mt. Olympus, Olympic National Park, Washington, USA. Ice worms were on
> the surface of a glacier on a cloudy rainy day in a area of red snow.
>> Del Blackburn <blacdf at clark.edu>
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