What kind of worm is it that I have in my jar?

Question

I found a worm eating some Rotten wood in a stump that was rotting away... and i have no idea what it is or how it gets it's water! here is he's it's charactoristics:
- Looks like the Taquila worm
- Eats Rotten wood
- Looks like a Larve (like: catapilar stage)
- Has eyes
- Yellow-ish tint with a slight tan
- Has small pinchers for devowering (guess)
- Has small legs you can barely see (like a centapede)
- no sign of a toungue.
I hope you guys can help me figure out what kind of worm I have in that jar!

OR BETTER YET!!! help me figurs out how it DRINKS!!!!!

OR BETTER YET!!! help me figurs out how it DRINKS!!!!!
Everyone and everything need water! and i'm a kid who want to be a Zoologist, and people told me to do that, i first have to study is Entomology, along with my Question... is that true?

hehe... more details....
ANYWAYS
if you answer this, can you also tell me were he would be helpful in a gareden... and; need a picture?

MORE DETAILS:
- I live in the forest region of Colorado
- Temperate (to be spacific)
- i think a HUGE grub
NEED A PIC?

Answer 1

Can't be certain without more information. Where you live, ect. But my guess is a Grub? Here is a link to a gardening clip about them: http://rds.yahoo.com/_ylt=A9G_Rtts2Q5Gv.YATwKjzbkF;_ylu=X3oDMTA4NDgyNWN0BHNlYwNwcm9m/SIG=12dsfev8m/EXP=1175464684/**http%3A//www.tucsongardener.com/Year00/Winter2000/grubs.htm

Answer 2

There are literally thousands of kinds of caterpillars out there, and the likelihood that yours is beneficial is slim - if it is a caterpillar. The only caterpillars that are not damaging to plants are butterflies, which are of the Lepidoptera family, which also includes damaging moths. Caterpillars that are butterflies do not eat rotting wood - they eat leaves. If they thing you have is a grub, which I suspect it is, then it is the juvenile stage of a beetle (of the Coleoptera family). In this case, the grub is probably beneficial as a wood decomposer, so I would just put him back where you found him so he can help get rid of that rotting stump!

Regarding your question of studying zoology, I am not sure if you first need to study Entomology, but you probably would have to at some point. I had a Entomology class recently and it was fantastic!

Answer 3

grub of some type

Answer 4

Open these links and maybe you will see the little bugger then go from there.
....................NOTE........................

Termites eat wood and that is where they get their moisture.

http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/butterflies/images/caterpiller.jpg

http://aggiehorticulture.tamu.edu/galveston/images/DSCN3330%20whitegrub.gif

http://www.royalalbertamuseum.ca/natural/insects/bugsfaq/wavespnx.htm

http://forums2.gardenweb.com/forums/load/soil/msg091431005787.html

http://www.pestcontrolcanada.com/Questions/Mile.%20ladybug%20larvae.jpg

http://home.att.net/~larvalbugrex/grubs.html

Answer 5

That is my guess a grub, also.

Answer 6

ummmmmmmmmmmmmm...
thats not a worm. Worms don't have eyes.

Answer 7

cicada larvae

Answer 8

yuck