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Topic: Wisconsin'ers
Posted By: shameless dude
Subject: Wisconsin'ers
Date Posted: 14 May 2022 at 2:09am
just read an article about "jumping worms", said they are in Wisconsin now. have ya'll seen them? they look like an earth worm, but they say they can jump up to a foot in the air, and they kill the nutrients in the ground! oh...and they re-populate all by themselves, don't need a male/female to do that. sounds like that snake breeder Joe needs some of them! 


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Posted By: Randy WI
Date Posted: 14 May 2022 at 9:15am
They have not shown up here in northern Wis we do have a good pop of night crawlers. I hope they stay down in the southern part of the state but if they do show up I think our chickens will enjoy them, think Ted might have some if you ask he may share some with you.  Randy

Posted By: shameless dude
Date Posted: 14 May 2022 at 3:34pm
lol...i don't want any! where is Red anyways? haven't seen him on here for awhile...maybe he's trying to catch some of them worms? they do look like big ole night crawlers tho!

Posted By: Randy WI
Date Posted: 14 May 2022 at 4:43pm
Think old Ted might be trying to catch some fish with those jumping worms.  Bet they look pretty tasty to a hungry fish.  Randy

Posted By: Coke-in-MN
Date Posted: 14 May 2022 at 5:06pm
https://www.redding.com/story/life/2021/05/21/jumpers-versus-nightcrawlers-which-worms-garden/5146128001/" rel="nofollow - https://www.redding.com/story/life/2021/05/21/jumpers-versus-nightcrawlers-which-worms-garden/5146128001/

https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/invasives/terrestrialanimals/jumping-worm/index.html" rel="nofollow - https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/invasives/terrestrialanimals/jumping-worm/index.html

Don't be fooled by these look-alikes

Keys to jumping worm identification include:

  • Look for soil with a similar appearance to coffee grounds. As jumping worms eat and excrete waste, the soil gets a unique texture like coffee grounds.
  • Jumping worms are very active, move like snakes and secrete yellow mucus when agitated (see  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jrGnUFDXuyQ" rel="nofollow - video from Wisconsin DNR  (link is external) showing their movement).
  • When a jumping worm is disturbed, its tail can break off and continue to flail.
  • The ring (clitellum) on adults is closer to the end than on nightcrawlers, milky pink to milky gray in color, encircles the whole body evenly, and is barely raised above the skin.
  • Setae (tiny hairs the worm uses to move) are evenly spaced around the entirety of each segment, not in pairs or concentrated on the bottom or sides of the body.

Jumping worms can look similar to European nightcrawlers (Lumbricus terrestris).

View the “ https://jwp.cfans.umn.edu/meet-jumping-worm" rel="nofollow - Meet the Jumping Worm  (link is external)” (University of Minnesota) webpage for detailed identification information and comparisons to other worm species.

 



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Posted By: shameless dude
Date Posted: 14 May 2022 at 8:08pm
thanks Coke!


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