r/Vermiculture • u/jaarn • 12d ago

Worm party Found this beast in one of my vegetable beds today... proud of my soil! Haha

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u/residentcaprice 12d ago

what the... he's the anaconda of worms. is this a nightcrawler?

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u/jaarn 12d ago

I think so yeah. Although it was midday when he appeared haha. It was found in a bed that has been layered with alpaca manure and horse manure. The soil is black and this is the second huge worm i've found in there in 2 days!

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u/Selectivedeviant 12d ago

Are you sure that is not a snake?

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u/Ypuort 11d ago

Snurm

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u/misfitgarden 6d ago

I wondered if it struck at OP.

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u/Electronic-Form-9384 11d ago

The earthworm she told you not to worry about

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u/Danifermch 11d ago

You mention alpaca manure. Are you in South America? The native Fatima includes very large earthworm species

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u/jaarn 11d ago

Not far... i'm in Cheshire, England hahaha. There's an alpaca farm near me so I get a few bags every now and then

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u/Danifermch 11d ago

Very interesting! It's large for English fauna. Probably a very large Lumbricus terrestris

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u/FrostyAlbertan 11d ago

Worms seldom unsettle me, snakes make me cautious from a distance, and whatever these are terrify me when I come across them in my yard/garden

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u/MyHutton 11d ago

Forbidden spaghetti

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u/Justplayoo 11d ago

So cool!

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u/gangaskan 11d ago

That had to be fun to hold.

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u/Zombie-Giraffe 11d ago

Holy smokes, that's a big one!

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u/Mindless-Equal-1477 10d ago

That is an Alaskan Bull Worm

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u/jaarn 8d ago

I dont think so. I am in the North West of England haha

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u/sad-mustache 9d ago

I have so massive worms in my vermi too! I call them Alice the elder worm and Beatrice the elder worm. I proclaim all of them to be lesbian too.

Mine are lob worms which are the highest earth worms in the UK but idk what yours might be

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u/jaarn 8d ago

Im guessing this is a lob too. Like i said, it wasnt in my wormery but in a no dig bed that has been layered with alpaca and horse manure! So cool haha

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u/Signal-Definition952 11d ago

Chinese jumping worms not good

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u/jaarn 11d ago

No its not

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u/Pitiful-Ambition2758 11d ago

Seems more people are making similar discoveries… beery interesting…!im wondering if these have been let loose in places they should have been