Getting ready to shed

[guidofatherof5]

I'm not well versed in Easterns or Butlers so that's why I said something. I believe you about the photos.
I might be way off on the worms but that's what I saw in the photo so I felt I should say something.
If they're out of the soil in your backyard you probably have nothing to worry about.
Didn't mean to alarm you.

[StrmChasr]

I'm not well versed in Easterns or Butlers so that's why I said something. I believe you about the photos.
I might be way off on the worms but that's what I saw in the photo so I felt I should say something.
If they're out of the soil in your backyard you probably have nothing to worry about.
Didn't mean to alarm you.

Nothing wrong with bringing a potentially bad situation to the attention to a newbie like me. If they are in fact red worms then you may have saved a garters life.
At first I thought I had a Butlers garter to and since they are on the protected list in Ohio I had him positively ID by the nice people at Ohio State University as an Eastern. Didn't want to be doing a bad thing by keeping a wild caught garter that is protected.