bloodworms
Crimson fishing bait
Bloodworms are small, bright red larvae of midge flies, named for their hemoglobin-rich coloring.
They're commonly used as fishing bait and aquarium food: The pet store sells frozen bloodworms for tropical fish.
The term also applies to certain marine worms with similar coloring, some of which deliver a painful bite.
Mildly salty water
- freshwaterNon-saline aquatic environment
- marineRelating to the sea
- estuaryTidal mixing zone
- mudflatExposed shore sediment
substrate · sediment · burrow · gills · segmented · annelids · invertebrates · detritus
Primary color, warm
- hemoglobinErythrocyte's oxygen-binding protein
- crimsonDeep purplish-red shade
- translucentPermitting diffused light passage
- wrigglingTwisting with short movements
segmented · threadlike · slender · iridescent · pinkish · fleshy · glistening · elongated
Catching aquatic creatures
- anglingRecreational hook-and-line pursuit
- hookCurved catching device
- tackleGear or takedown
- castPerformers, throw, or splint
line · fisherman · minnows · nightcrawlers · lure · bobber · sinkers · panfish
Diminutive two-winged fly
- metamorphosisProfound biological restructuring
- pupaeMetamorphosis middle stage
- larvalOf early insect stages
- instarArthropod developmental stage
molting · life-cycle · hatchlings · immature · development · emergence · egg · juvenile
brackish
Mildly salty water
- freshwaterNon-saline aquatic environment
- marineRelating to the sea
- estuaryTidal mixing zone
mudflat · substrate · sediment · burrow · gills · segmented · annelids · invertebrates · detritus · intertidal
red
Primary color, warm
- hemoglobinErythrocyte's oxygen-binding protein
- crimsonDeep purplish-red shade
- translucentPermitting diffused light passage
wriggling · segmented · threadlike · slender · iridescent · pinkish · fleshy · glistening · elongated
fishing
Catching aquatic creatures
cast · line · fisherman · minnows · nightcrawlers · lure · bobber · sinkers · panfish · trout
midge
Diminutive two-winged fly
- metamorphosisProfound biological restructuring
- pupaeMetamorphosis middle stage
- larvalOf early insect stages
instar · molting · life-cycle · hatchlings · immature · development · emergence · egg · juvenile · brood
- wormsearthworm, earthworms, nightcrawler, roundworms, flatworms
- Bait Wormsnightcrawlers, earthworms, lugworms, sandworms
- fishing baitworm, nightcrawlers, nightcrawler, live bait, earthworms
- fishing tacklefishing rod, fishing rods, spinning rod, fly rod, fishing line
- larvaelarvae, larva, caterpillar, caterpillars, maggot
- seafloor lifesea cucumber, sea cucumbers, sea urchin, sea urchins, sand dollar
bloodwormsfish flakes
Dried aquarium feed
vegetable matter · earthworms · nightcrawlers · artificial lures · mealworms