Jumping worms like the one at right can harm the soil and plants in your garden. They’ve been identified in Erie County– we need to stop their spread. Jumping worms are pretty easy to distinguish from common earthworms, on left. Photo on left courtesy Joseph Berger, Bugwood.org and photo on right courtesy Susan Day / UW–Madison Arboretum Two recent articles from WNY Gardening Matters give updates on jumping worms, an invasive species that leaches nutrients from soil, making it difficult…
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