PreventionĮveryone can play a part to prevent the spread of earthworms, including jumping worms.ĭon’t buy worms advertised as jumping worms, “snake worms”, “Alabama jumpers” or “crazy worms” for any purpose.Īnglers: Dispose of unwanted bait worms in the trash. Prevention is the only known management for worms. No products can legally be used in Minnesota as pesticides, including for jumping worms, if they are not labeled and regulated by the EPA and the Minnesota Department of Agriculture. There are no pesticides labeled for worms in the United States. Managing your emotionsĪre you sad you have jumping worms? Worried you're the only one? You're not alone, learn more about the emotions jumping worms create and ways to process these feelings in this short resource for people with jumping worms. Review the final results summary to see what worked and didn't and review the list of plants and how they responded to jumping worms. Jumping worm community science volunteers explored jumping worm management options. The University of Wisconsin–Madison has more on jumping worm egg identification. Eggs are very small but can be identified.We don't know how many eggs each adult can lay.The worms grow during the summer and the adults start laying eggs in August.They hatch in late spring in 1-4 inches of soil.Jumping worms live for only one season.They can move across the ground in an “S” pattern like a snake.

These worms may jump and wiggle noticeably when disturbed.

The clitellum is located 1/3 the length down the worm from the head, and it is smooth, cloudy-white and constricted, unlike the swelled saddle-like clitellum of European earthworms.

They are similar in size to other earthworms such as nightcrawlers or some of the larger angle worms, but their clitellum (collar-like ring) and coloring are different.

Jumping worms can be 1-1/2 to 8 inches or more in length.The ring (clitellum) on a jumping worm encircles the whole body evenly and is barely raised above the skin. Photo by Alfredo Eloisa, licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0.

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