Invasive Jumping Worms

[bwframe]

Invasive ‘jumping worms’ wriggling into the Midwest

They jump! An invasive species of worm is wriggling its way into the Midwest. They may damage crops, forests, and displace other creatures.

fox59.com

 

[Ingomike]

This is the type of real environmental damage we should be concerned with...

 

[indyartisan]

Asia just keeps on giving.

 

[Leadeye]

Ash borers, jumping worms, invasive carp, there just never seems to be an end anymore.

 

[cb46184]

Ash borers, jumping worms, invasive carp, there just never seems to be an end anymore.

and don't forget Zebra mussels

 

[spencer rifle]

Bradford pear, garlic mustard, autumn olive, Siberian elm, Dutch Elm disease, chestnut blight, lesser celandine, bush honeysuckle, kudzu, lanternflies, gypsy moth, Asian tiger mosquitoes, brown marmorated stinkbug, the list just goes on and on...

 

[KittySlayer]

...and let's not forget the
Murder Hornet

 

[spencer rifle]

...and let's not forget the
Murder Hornet

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Reminds me of the Zanti misfits, which were also invasive aliens:

 

[Thor]

Great....just efing great...

 

[Leadeye]

Reminds me of the Zanti misfits, which were also invasive aliens:
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Nasty ones at that, although M1 carbines and 1911s did a job on them.

 

[armalitesheepdog]

 

[phylodog]

Our chickens will be more than happy to put a hurtin on any of them that come to the surface around here.

 

[tmschuller]

Super chicken! Then around here...
Supper chicken!

 

[phylodog]

Lol, we have a Superchicken here but we call him Carlos and he sincerely wants to kill me. When he stands there he is looking over my shoulder when I'm sitting in my chair to the right of him. He'll sit there as long as I do, peck the window on occasion and crow at me from time to time. We have windows and doors on three sides of the house that he can see through and he follows me around. If I look out the back door or side door more often then not he magically appears and stares me down.

I just gave one of his big brothers a dirt nap last week for attacking my wife, I guess he believes he's immune. He'd be in trouble if he was capable of hurting me but he isn't which I think fuels his hatred even more. I laugh most of the time when he comes at me, sometimes I'll grab him and hold him for a few minutes, that really pisses him off.

 

[foszoe]

Lol, we have a Superchicken here but we call him Carlos and he sincerely wants to kill me. When he stands there he is looking over my shoulder when I'm sitting in my chair to the right of him. He'll sit there as long as I do, peck the window on occasion and crow at me from time to time. We have windows and doors on three sides of the house that he can see through and he follows me around. If I look out the back door or side door more often then not he magically appears and stares me down.

I just gave one of his big brothers a dirt nap last week for attacking my wife, I guess he believes he's immune. He'd be in trouble if he was capable of hurting me but he isn't which I think fuels his hatred even more. I laugh most of the time when he comes at me, sometimes I'll grab him and hold him for a few minutes, that really pisses him off.

One word...

Bantam

 

[jerrob]

One word...

Bantam

Two words..............EXTRA- CRISPY!

 

[NKBJ]

Jumping worms sounds like higher priced bait!

 

[bwframe]

No, don’t use them for bait: Everything to know about New York’s invasive jumping worms

How to ID jumping worms and what to do if they're in your garden

www.syracuse.com

Any jumping worm sightings?


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[yetti462]

I found a worm last summer that was unlike any worm I have seen or held. It twerked and jerked upon picking it up and jumped out of my hand. It was firm. I gave it to my kids to feed their pet crawdads. The crawdads couldn't pinch it and it burrowed under the gravel. I week later my daughter cleaned the tank and screamed when the worm was still alive and flipping around. It lived under water for days and was as lively as it was when I found it.

 

[Michigan Slim]

Feed them to the invasive Gobi's.