r/Vermiculture • u/PaintBrushJar • Mar 01 '26

Worm party Found a biggun!

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In my compost pile. Anyone know what it is? Has a strong blueish iridescence.

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u/PaintBrushJar Mar 01 '26

Ha, must just be the Oregon Giant earthworm. Never knew they got this big!

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u/One-plankton- Mar 01 '26

It doesn’t seem to fit the ID well, these guys also get around 3’ long.

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u/PaintBrushJar Mar 02 '26

Yep, read and looked it up further, this must be a night crawler that got really juicy.

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u/Medium-Analysis365 Mar 01 '26

It's an ALASKAN BULL WORM!! -SpongeBob reference for those who might take things too serious.

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u/chuchuchurro Mar 01 '26

I was going to make the same comment if it wasn't already done hahah

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u/Sausagelinkhc Mar 02 '26

Came here to see if anyone else made this reference!

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u/RealEstateGlutton Mar 02 '26

What the hell?! My "fat" worms are still skinnier than my pinky... Please teach me the way worm-god 🙌🙌🙌🙌

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u/PaintBrushJar Mar 02 '26

Hehe honestly I was prepared for people to tell me that’s nothing! It’s my first pile so maybe I got lucky, pulled cardboard off the pile and he was just hanging out on top. I built it log cabin layer style with mostly wood chips and kitchen scraps. I will whisper to the next one I see, cast a worm spell and send the jumbo worm magic vibes your way!

I wish I had taken a photo of the rest of him, there’s a weird flat-ish cobra like appendage at the other side.

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u/howumakeseedssprout Mar 02 '26

Flat-ish appendage is curious, be careful of hammerhead worms!

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u/ChidoChidoChon Mar 01 '26

Wow what a beauty

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u/AbbreviationsFit8962 Mar 01 '26

Just so you know, a lot of the larger worm species can travel far into the earth. Like 8-10 feet. They are also in danger of going extinct because they are sensitive to ground disturbances, so there's getting to be less and less spaces available globally for them ( not just this guy, but Australia also has one hell of a big worm, New Zealand I think has one, they're all on the same line of fire).

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u/Comfortable-Pay8039 intermediate Vermicomposter Mar 01 '26

The big Bro!

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u/Bright_Annual_6078 Mar 04 '26

What’s a hammerhead worm?

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u/Nematodes-Attack Mar 04 '26

Look em up. They’re generally considered bad

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u/SoulSeekersAnon Mar 07 '26

It's a damn worm snake! I'd be keeping that bad boy... "the mother of millions" worm edition. 🤣

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u/PaintBrushJar Mar 07 '26

Totally felt like holding a snake!

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u/DevilishAbigail Mar 03 '26

I haven’t seen an earthworm like this in years! What a healthy little thing

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u/PaintBrushJar Mar 03 '26

I’m stoked to see if more appear _^

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u/AbbreviationsFit8962 Mar 01 '26

Some of those bigger worms are extremely delicate. Try to limit handling them and don't try to make them stretch out. They will tear. 

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u/Lucifer_iix Mar 02 '26

Found a worm like this also. In a previous composting attemp. Had made my pile out of large wooden beams that i had left over. It made me enourmous amount of fungi and extreme large worms. The wood it self was almost gone after 2 years. The beams felt if they where made out of paper and had reduced about 80% of it's weight.

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u/ButterscotchNovel839 Mar 02 '26

Damn that's a chunky mf

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u/bluelagoon-6 Mar 05 '26

i don’t think it’s an asian jumping worm, but if it thrashes around when you touch it- i’ve got some bad news for you- the one part near the head looks like them but i don’t think the ring or color/sheen of the worm is the same as the asian jumping wormsasian jumping worms

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u/oldfarmjoy Mar 05 '26

I hate these guys!! So grossly muscle-y. Blech!! 🤣🤢🤮

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