![]() Horsehair for Painting and for hat brushes are two of the areas where horsehair is still widely used today. It is used to make some wall and fine arts paintbrushes. Horsehair is used for the crafts of horsehair hitching, horsehair braiding, pottery, and in making jewelry items such as bracelets, necklaces, earrings and barrettes. Horsehair fabrics are sought for their lustre, durability and care properties and mainly used for upholstery and interiors. Horsehair fabrics are woven with wefts of tail hair from live horses and cotton or silk warps. The stick to the right of it is my walking stick, which is about 1 in diameter.Mane hair is shorter and softer than tail hair. It was about 15 inches or maybe more if it had been straight. The other common name, Gordian Worm, refers to the Gordian Knot of mythology that could not be untangled, and it is a perfect visual metaphor for a Horsetail Worm when it is contracted into a ball. Horsehair Worm is the name we are using to describe the image you submitted because the creature is stretched out and really does resemble a hair from a horse’s tail or mane, and we suspect the illusion might even be more startling given the opportunity to view the worm submerged in water. We are quite fond of both descriptive common names for this parasite. Thank you for sending in your awesome image. How you want your letter signed: A Texas Master Naturalist Horsehair Worm It was observed following a rain Jan 27, 2018. Your letter to the bugman: Here is another example of a Gordian worm. ![]() Geographic location of the bug: Washington, Texas
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