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Some of its typical bug prey contain horsehair worms, Chordodes fukuii, which grow in a mantid's gut—and somehow manipulate the mantid into diving into the nearest body of water.
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Darren Incorvaia, Scientific American, 1 Jan. 2024
As Ed Yong at The Atlantic reports, horsehair worms can survive being swallowed by insects and can even escape the digestive tracts of larger animals.
—Jason Daley, Smithsonian, 21 Feb. 2018
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Darren Incorvaia, Scientific American, 1 Jan. 2024
As Ed Yong at The Atlantic reports, horsehair worms can survive being swallowed by insects and can even escape the digestive tracts of larger animals.
—Jason Daley, Smithsonian, 21 Feb. 2018
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“Horsehair worm.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/horsehair%20worm. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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horsehair worm
noun
horse·hair worm
-ˌha(ə)r-, -he(ə)r- 
: any worm of the class or phylum Nematomorpha
called also gordiacean, horsehair snake
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