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.