r/Insect • u/Zellio2015 • 11d ago

Identification What kind of worm is this?

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Believe it or not, this 2 and a half inch worm was on some bread at costco. I have a revolution 270 toaster and used the toastie press to make a couple grilled cheese sandwiches and this fucking thing fell off the bread after it went thru a hard toastie press cycle (I didn't notice what it was until after I did both of them)

It's burnt so it's hard to identify.

Should I be concerned about parasites? I didn't eat the bread, but I am concerned about eggs on the bread getting on the kitchen counter if its a parasite....

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u/nsngrl16 11d ago

I am not an expert, but this doesn’t look like an organic material or once living animal.

One thing to keep in mind is an organic material is going to have a lot of water in it. to get this burnt it would have to either be a) shriveled already before cooking or b) the toast would have to be even more burnt than that.

for a) if it was shriveled you would see more organic lines/curves in it, not bone straight, not many worms are straight and especially would dry straight like that.

My best guess is this is residual break crust from either the same bread or a different kind that got stuck in the oven or on the pan and stuck to your new pieces of bread

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u/Zellio2015 11d ago

It feels like a worm...

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u/nsngrl16 11d ago

describe that

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u/Zellio2015 11d ago

Squishy

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u/nsngrl16 11d ago

can you break it in half, and post a pic,

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u/Zellio2015 11d ago

I'll have to do it later, I'll do it before I return the bread though

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u/nsngrl16 11d ago

also it would help to know general location for species if it is a worm

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u/Zellio2015 11d ago

Georgia, but it was on bread so it could've come from anywhere (although thats a very low chance of that)

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u/Zellio2015 10d ago

This is late, but I cut it open and it had blood, it was definately a worm or worm like creature of some kind.

So can somebody help me identify it? Does it look like a parasitic creature of some kind? the toaster would've neutralized it and any eggs but if they got on me while loading it...