predator that is larger than they are. This
will include other nematodes including those of the same species.
There is a surprising "predator"
of soil dwelling nematodes however and that is a fungus. This fungus
lays traps of rings attached to the fungal hyphae (thread-like growths).
Each ring is made of three highly specialized cells that swell up
rapidly when a nematode worm passes through them. The worm is captured
and the fungus passes hyphae into it to digest it.