Fookin weird insect, anyone got any idea

[Over Carl]

I came back in from having a smoke outside and noticed a thing on my arm (luckily on the shirt bit) that looked like a worm or centepide or something, except that one end looked like it had bitten into my shirt, leech style, while the other was roaming round like the head end of a worm, and looked like it could bite was well. Went to toilet, grabbed some tissue to grab it, but the "tail" end that looked like it was a head could tell and tried to avoid me grabbing it, got it in the end, but I was right, the end on my shirt did bite in, when I pulled it off, I saw transparent green "blood" come out, when it was off me and virtually in the toilet, I squashed it with a tissue, what came out was mainly black but had a tiny green tinge to it.

[BertRoot]

Fuck knows.

[Over Carl]

was only tiny, about 2mm across and probably about 30mm long, dunno how long if it was stretched if that helps anyone figure out what it was.

I'm worried, if bert dunno what it was, then it must be f**kin strange

[Nikki]

Fuck knows.

ditto

[evilsatan]

Could be a type of centipede I guess :s If not your personal hygeine may be lacking so that you developed a hybrid ant through mutilation

[gunner]

Slither?

This thread is pretty useless without pictures!

[Over Carl]

Sorry, was late last night and I was pissed, I just wanted the thing off me so I chucked it in the toilet so no pics. Never seen anything like it, was defo leech like on one end, when I pulled it off, it was stuck to my shirt, when I pulled it harder, it came off, but a tiny drop of green "blood" came out from that end.

The other end looked like it could bite as well, and when I was trying to squash with a tissue it was trying to get away, so it seems like it was double ended.

Will look up slither.
Thing is it was I think sort of pinky/brown on the outside and about maybe an inch or so long but very thin, thinner than most regular worms, I thought leeches were fatter so it's got me baffled now, just freaked me out last night to find it on my arm.

[evilsatan]

Slither is a film of leech type things, its weird. Unlikely to be a leech, as you said they are fatter than what you described and I don't know how common they are in UK gardens :s

[ruggie_uk]

I had a similar experience a while back , some creature that I'd never seen before, looked like a weird daddy longlegs/mosquito type affair.
Turned out to be a sort of wasp that lays it's eggs under your skin. Nasty.

http://www.ushotstuff.com/insects/AIwasp.htm

[Hybrid]

It was my mother in law, sorry! told her to at least introduce herself next time!

[phlix]

You don't live in an area that was formerly used for testing A-Bombs do you? Or do you work or have any links to genetic testing? If so you're in luck, give it 2 or 3 days and you'll have super powers. Don't waste them on fighting crime, use them to make a mint or become king of world.

[Tommy J]

Was it a Tremor ???

From the 1990 film Tremors?

[Mule]

Probably was a leech, they're not gonna be fat unless they've just eaten. Have a look at google images.

[Over Carl]

Hmm, I always thuought leeches were bigger and only had mouth at one end, but looking around they can be double ended and I've just seen a few pics that look just like what I saw, nice one Mule.

[4me2]

Fuck knows.

No they dont come out untill late September mate.

[Mule]

No they dont come out untill late September mate.

They seem to spring up on DF on a regular basis throughout the whole year though.

[4me2]

They seem to spring up on DF on a regular basis throughout the whole year though.

Could be a result of Global warming.

[Mule]

Could be a result of Global warming.

I think you may have something there, we need a government study to see if there's a link between global warming and leeching idiocy.

[4me2]

I think you may have something there, we need a government study to see if there's a link between global warming and leeching idiocy.

Funded by Lottery money ofcourse.