Picky Little Princess!

[guidofatherof5]

I usually find 2 types of worms in my yard.
Night Crawlers and what I call earth worms.
More frequently will digging for worms I find earthworms.
Small in comparison to a night crawler, they are also a pale color. Even their band up by the head is pale colored.
Compost(red worms) worms are just that. Usually found in compost. They have easy to see bands around their bodies. They also secrete a yellow liquid when threatened.
I will go grab a few earthworms out of my yard and post a photo.
Back in a few minutes.

Here's an earthworm, as I call them.

[kibakiba]

I've never seen an earthworm like that! But maybe in my area we just have more night crawlers, that seems to be what I always find. When we went worm hunting we only found tiny baby night crawlers.

[MlizGr]

Well darn. I have some of each. At least I have a fisher friend who will take the red ones. Probably could talk him into bringing me a fish or two in exchange even...

[Mix]

This is pretty much what the ones here look like:

http://www.itsnature.org/wp-content/.../earthworm.jpg

[guidofatherof5]

I don't know anything about the worms in your country. I'm sure someone else can identify it for you.

[Mix]

I mean, I know that's an earthworm over here. Was posting it so other Brits know.

[ssssnakeluvr]

I usually find 2 types of worms in my yard.
Night Crawlers and what I call earth worms.
More frequently will digging for worms I find earthworms.
Small in comparison to a night crawler, they are also a pale color. Even their band up by the head is pale colored.
Compost(red worms) worms are just that. Usually found in compost. They have easy to see bands around their bodies. They also secrete a yellow liquid when threatened.
I will go grab a few earthworms out of my yard and post a photo.
Back in a few minutes.

Here's an earthworm, as I call them.

we call those angleworms out here...tons of them. never seen any secrete anything. they are good for the smaller snakes due to their size. the earthworms or nightcrawlers are big and have purple/red heads. I buy lots of them at Walmart for feeding...been a dry summer here and haven't found a lot. I have found the red wigglers in Idaho....behind a friends house by a pond with salamanders. they live where the nightcrawlers don't....I have never seen them in the wild like that before.....

here's a link with a couple photos of them from here in Utah...

http://www.thamnophis.com/forum/gene...1-worm-id.html

[guidofatherof5]

I know what you're saying Don. Those angleworms as you call them(never heard that term until now) will work on some babies when night crawlers won't.
I've always called them earthworms. Not sure if either of us is right. Finding them is always a good thing, what ever they are.

[ssssnakeluvr]

so far I haven't been able to find anyone that can properly ID them.... earthworms as we out here call them are the nightcrawlers...