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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsAnother invasive species, this time here in WI...
The Asian or Alabama jumping worm.
Fishermen like them because they wriggle a lot.
Scientists say they eat too many fallen leaves, depriving the soil of nutrients.
https://www.wbay.com/2020/10/13/invasion-of-the-asian-jumping-worm/
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,733 posts)But yes, the Asian jumping worm is a problem. We have them here now, too (MN). And they aren't even good bait because they come apart when handled. https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/news/2020/08/31/beware-jumping-worms-soil-gardening-mulch#:~:text=Native%20to%20Asia%2C%20jumping%20worms,compost%2C%20mulch%20and%20fishing%20bait.
The Genealogist
(4,723 posts)with others. Bradford Pears, wild hogs, asian carp, zebra mussells, etc. Take a living organism out of its natural habitat and let it go in another habitat, and you get trouble.
pansypoo53219
(20,981 posts)we caught local minnows for bait. free. or dug up worms neaby. or grandpa would dig out a fish eye.
Poiuyt
(18,125 posts)It's the apocalypse