Blood worm or bloodworm is an ambiguous term and can refer to:
- The larva of a non-biting midge (Family Chironomidae) containing haemoglobin
- The polychaete Glycera (genus), often used for fishing bait
- Lumbriculus variegatus, more commonly called blackworm, but often misnamed by pet stores
- Strongylus vulgaris, also known as the blood worm, a common horse parasite
- Angiostrongylus cantonensis, a parasitic nematode that causes of Angiostrongyliasis and the most common cause of eosinophilic meningitis
Famous quotes containing the words blood and/or worm:
“When logics die,
The secret of the soil grows through the eye,
And blood jumps in the sun;
Above the waste allotments the dawn halts.”
—Dylan Thomas (1914–1953)
“Edible. Good to eat and wholesome to digest, as a worm to a toad, a toad to a snake, a snake to a pig, a pig to a man, and a man to a worm.”
—Ambrose Bierce (1842–1914)