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Snake-like jumping worms are tearing through gardens nationwide — and they're nearly impossible to stop

"We need to be community-minded about this." ...

This invasive worm is destroying forest floors and gardens across the country

It looks like a worm until you touch it. And then it starts freaking out like a snake would.” Smith thought the worm was just a “crazy” earthworm but then identified it as a jumping worm — an invasive ...
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Experts issue warning as harmful 'jumping worms' spread across US: 'Such a disturbance'

Yards and forests of the U.S. are facing an invasion. The culprit is the Asian jumping worm, a species spreading rapidly through woodlands, gardens, and natural areas. According to TribLive in ...

See a worm in your yard? It might be invasive

Whether or not the worm you’re seeing is invasive will depend on where you live and, of course, the species of worm.  “Places ...
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Colorado officials warn invasive 'jumping worm' is spreading across the West with no easy way to eradicate it

Colorado Officials Warn Invasive 'Jumping Worm' Is Spreading Across the West With No Easy Way to Eradicate It ...
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Your garden may have this ‘cryptic invader.' Why jumping worms are no ordinary pest

Researcher Brad Herrick holds a handful of invasive jumping worms in Madison, Wisconsin. Herrick says the University of Wisconsin is beginning to study the possible impacts of the worms on agriculture ...