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  2. Earthworm - Wikipedia

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    A few species exhibit pseudogamous parthogenesis, meaning that mating is necessary to stimulate reproduction, even though no male genetic material passes to the offspring. [37] Earthworm mating occurs on the surface, most often at night. Earthworms are hermaphrodites; that is, they have both male and female sexual organs. The sexual organs are ...

  3. Amynthas agrestis - Wikipedia

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    Amynthas agrestis, the Asian jumping worm, [note 1] is a species of worm in the family Megascolecidae. [1] It has a smooth, glossy, grey or brown body with a milky-white clitellum, [2] and can range from 1.5 to 8 in (3.8 to 20.3 cm) in length. [2]

  4. Dendrobaena hortensis - Wikipedia

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    The European nightcrawler (Dendrobaena hortensis) is a medium-small earthworm averaging about 1.5 g when fully grown. Generally blueish, pink-grey in color with a banded or striped appearance, the tips of their tails are often cream or pale yellow. When the species has not been feeding, it is pale pink.

  5. Lumbricus terrestris - Wikipedia

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    However, 'earthworm' can be a source of confusion since, in most of the world, other species are more typical. For example, through much of the unirrigated temperate areas of the world, the "common earthworm" is actually Aporrectodea (= Allolobophora ) trapezoides , which in those areas is a similar size and dark colour to L. terrestris .

  6. Eisenia fetida - Wikipedia

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    Eisenia fetida, known under various common names such as manure worm, [2] redworm, brandling worm, panfish worm, trout worm, tiger worm, red wiggler worm, etc., is a species of earthworm adapted to decaying organic material. These worms thrive in rotting vegetation, compost, and manure. They are epigean, rarely found in soil.

  7. Invasive earthworms of North America - Wikipedia

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    Evidence shows that Asian earthworms grow more rapidly, [26] reproduce more quickly, and have greater flexibility in their diet than European species. [27] They can also exist at higher densities than European earthworm species. These characteristics may allow jumping worms to outcompete their European earthworm competitors.

  8. Flour Bugs Are a Real Thing—Here’s an Easy Way to ... - AOL

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    A food safety expert weighs in on flour bugs, also known as weevils, that can infest your pantry after one TikToker found her flour infested with the crawlers.

  9. Lumbricus rubellus - Wikipedia

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    In ecosystems, earthworms such as Lumbricus rubellus increase the rate of transfer between trophic levels by making it easier for plants to uptake nutrients. In food chains, earthworms such as Lumbricus rubellus are primary consumers whose role is converting the energy synthesized by photosynthetic plants into food for animals at higher trophic ...