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These guys are hard to get a photo or video of, they’re tiny (currently, at least). Just spotted them in the last couple of weeks, never seen anything like this before and haven’t had much luck with old Google on this one. I’m uploading the best video I’ve managed to get, the worm is blurry, but you can at least tell it’s a living thing. They’re light in color mostly, they’re segmented, and seem to have a brighter dot kind of mark near their heads. But that’s about as much as I can tell.
 

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These guys are hard to get a photo or video of, they’re tiny (currently, at least). Just spotted them in the last couple of weeks, never seen anything like this before and haven’t had much luck with old Google on this one. I’m uploading the best video I’ve managed to get, the worm is blurry, but you can at least tell it’s a living thing. They’re light in color mostly, they’re segmented, and seem to have a brighter dot kind of mark near their heads. But that’s about as much as I can tell.
Can't say for sure from the video, but I'd guess a Dorvilleid worm, which would be harmless/beneficial. Can you tell how many tentacles it has on its head?
 
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Can't say for sure from the video, but I'd guess a Dorvilleid worm, which would be harmless/beneficial. Can you tell how many tentacles it has on its head?
Thanks! After having a good guess to go from, looking up Dorvilleid worms this is for sure what these are. Thanks again!
 

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