The Multiplying Critters of DFW! What do you do when you find an invasive hammerhead worm? Sam Kieschnick gives us the scoop!# #HammerheadWorms #SamKieschnick #TPWD #CBSDFW

https://txmn.org/bptmn/the-multiplying-critters-of-dfw/

Worm Wars

Listen to this episode from Endless Thread on Spotify. When Endless Thread producer Nora Saks learned that a "toxic, self-cloning worm that poops out of its mouth" was invading Maine, she started sounding the alarm about the impending eco-doom. Until, that is, state experts clued her into the "real threat" : A different creepy crawly wriggling towards The Pine Tree State's gardens and precious forests, and fast. In this rebroadcast from January 2023, Endless Thread tunnels down a wormhole, encountering a long history of xenophobic rhetoric about so-called invasive species, and some hard truths about the field of invasion biology itself.

Spotify
Populations of invasive jumping worms are exploding in gardens across Maine

Maine State Horticulturist Gary Fish says that the worms have been confirmed in 13 of Maine's 16 counties.

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♬ double wormy ♬
♬ you're the one ♬
♬ you make a podcast ♬
♬ lots of fun ♬
♬ double wormy, I'm ♬
♬ awfuly fond of you ♬

https://arthro-pod.blogspot.com/2024/03/arthro-pod-ep-155-double-wormy-jumping.html

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Arthro-Pod EP 155: Double Wormy- Jumping worms and Hammerhead Worms

Welcome back bug lovers! Today we venture into the world of worms, both segmented and unsegmented, to talk about jumping worms and hammerhea...