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Robin Eng, ecological project manager at the Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy answers your questions about 'crazy jumping worms' in the first Ask Kelly segment.
This worm bucks like a rodeo bull, but it eats like a cow. Scientists are learning new details about a species of “jumping” earthworms, a k a “crazy” worms, a k a “Alabama jumpers,” so ...
These worms have many common names: Alabama jumpers, Jersey wrigglers, wood eels, crazy worms, snake worms, Asian jumping worms and crazy snake worms.
The Asian jumping worm, also known as crazy snake worms, Alabama jumpers and Jersey wrigglers is a type of earthworm native to Japan and the Korean Peninsula, which arrived in North America with ...
Some local gardeners are starting to notice is an invasive worm species lurking in our soil. The Asian jumping worm (Amynthas spp.) also goes by Asian worm, snake worm, crazy worm, or Alabama ...
The "Asian jumping worm," or Amynthas agresitis, is an exotic species of worm recently found in Oregon that has already caused extensive ecological harm on the East Coast. (Oregon Department of ...
PORTLAND, Ore. – An exotic pest called the Crazy Snake Worm is popping up in Clackamas and Josephine Counties, and the Oregon Department of Agriculture identified it as the state’s newest ...
“The Crazy Snake Worm (Amynthas agrestis) is an aggressively invasive earthworm that hails from Korea and Japan. These worms are in the family of Lumbricidae. The new invaders are from East Asia and ...
Crazy worms, also known as Asian jumping worms, have spread to multiple regions in the U.S. Scientists worry about the worms’ environmental impacts because the invasive species strips topsoil of ...
The worm, Amynthas agresitis, is otherwise known as the "Asian jumping worm" because it is distinctively energetic. Agriculture officials say the worm may have an adverse effect on Oregon forests.