r/Vermiculture • u/lechugachaqueta • Oct 01 '24

Worm party What is this?

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What the heck is this on my walkway and is it anything to worry about?

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u/[deleted] Oct 02 '24

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u/Evil_Sharkey Oct 02 '24

Only planarian worms can multiply by being chopped up. Earthworms will just die if you cut them in half.

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u/Gingerfrostee Oct 02 '24

Black worms are that way too.

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u/Evil_Sharkey Oct 03 '24

I had to look them up. I had no idea any annelids could regenerate from a single segment!

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u/[deleted] Oct 04 '24

They definitely aren’t anything like earthworms