It turned out she was looking at a new, yet-to-be-named species of a type of fly called a gnat snakeworm. O’Brien is the housekeeping and serving coordinator at the lodge, which is in the Kantishna area at Mile 89 of the road that cuts through Denali National Park and Preserve. “And I looked and I was like, ‘Oh my God, am I seeing this for real? Like, it’s just a million bugs, being herded by these other bugs, in this slimy trail.” “But it was right on the staff trail!” she said.
She looked down at the flagstone path, and what she saw made her think: “Am I hallucinating? Did I have some kind of psychedelic mushroom for breakfast? What. (Photos courtesy Jenna Hamm)Įlaina O’Brien ran back to staff housing on a busy morning at the Camp Denali lodge last Friday to grab the radio she’d forgotten at her cabin. A Camp Denali staff member spotted this column of gnat snakeworm larvae on July 8.
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