Tremors.
Cant wait for the ass blasters.

 

Any idea of the spread?They sometimes publish a shade map showing areas contaminated by stuff like that

 

First it's Giant Asian Hornets. And now it's "Asian Jumping Worms".

Looks like China is out to get us. Wasn't Covid enough?

 

First it's Giant Asian Hornets. And now it's "Asian Jumping Worms".

Looks like China is out to get us. Wasn't Covid enough?

What happened to the whole Asian Giant Hornet thing anyway?..For awhile we were all subject to die if we went outside then nothing?

 

Bait them to the surface with corn meal and let the raccoons take care of them.

 

Dang, wouldn’t they be absolute gold on a fishhook?

 

That is exactly why they are spreading. Bait stores are selling, leftovers get dumped. They live a long time under water, according to what I have read

 

https://news.yahoo.com/lookout-invasive-jumping-earthworms-steroids-141613565.html

Invasive jumping worms, Amynthas agrestis, go by many names, according to the USDA: Alabama jumpers, Jersey wriggles, wood eel, crazy worms, snake worms and crazy snake worms. But all those names stem from one notable feature of the critter.
"Invasive Asian jumping worms got their name because of the way they thrash around," Forest Service researcher Mac Callaham said in a post by the USDA last year. "They can flip themselves a foot off the ground."

article says they consume organic matter and make the soil worse for plants, not better.

keep an eye out folks. I don't think they're dangerous to people at least.

S. Sam,

Is there any relationship re these worms to the famous "Mexican jumping bean" ?

 

Joe, I know!

Mezcal!

 

I farm in the Nebraska. About ten years ago we started getting hordes of Asian Ladybugs.

They resemble regular ladybugs, but have a brownish color. Swarms of them now appear in the fall. Crawling all over south sides of buildings. Congregating under house siding in masses for the winter.

They stink when you crush them. And they are driving out the native ladybugs.

Giant hornets, bugs, jumping worms, viruses----

I suppose it's China taking over. Just like they've done with our manufacturing, pharmaceuticals, real estate, corporations, and U.S. debt.

And now importing pests. So that maybe when they finally arrive and takeover, it will feel "just like home".

 

I farm in the Nebraska. About ten years ago we started getting hordes of Asian Ladybugs.

They resemble regular ladybugs, but have a brownish color. Swarms of them now appear in the fall. Crawling all over south sides of buildings. Congregating under house siding in masses for the winter.

They stink when you crush them. And they are driving out the native ladybugs.

Giant hornets, bugs, jumping worms, viruses----

I suppose it's China taking over. Just like they've done with our manufacturing, pharmaceuticals, real estate, corporations, and U.S. debt.

And now importing pests. So that maybe when they finally arrive and takeover, it will feel "just like home".

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The Asian beetles were introduced by timber companies.
They introduced them then about 30 years ago because they were supposed to control/kill pine beetles.

Didn’t help.
When I was hauling pine chips, to paper mill, circa 1994 better have your windows up. They’d fill cab of truck.
And they bite like the dickens.

 

Walking catfish, murder hornets, jumping worms... time to send them some of our mosquitos as a thank you.

 

Asian Carp too. They jump.

 

Here is another article to back up op's posting. ( I won't click on anything Yahoo. ) This tells range, cause, effect and how to tell if you have them. They will kill plants due to damaging the roots.

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Eta: that is a link to Asian worm article.

 

As others have talked about fish hooks.. You have seen the dainty squeamish people that have trouble setting bait... These people probably couldn't even hold one LOL...

 

Oook, added to the list things to watch out for. Man, list is loooong.

 

Yeah, and they’re not telling us everything.

 

As long as they jump or twitch while on a hook is all i`m concerned about

 

Maybe we can send them our homeless. They seem to be multiplying like crazy. Good at destroying every area they invade.

 

My chickens are smiling and crossing their toes......

 

Saw a video of a praying mantis devouring a giant Asian Hornet. Started at the head and went all the way thru it. Ate the whole thing.

asian hornet praying mantis - Search Videos

www.bing.com

 

The bait shop I worked at in 86-87 were selling "jumping Grey's as bait

 

I'm in Washington State. There have been no reports of any more Asian hornets this year. At least not that I have seen.

 

I have seen the chinese crazy worms, they do jump and wriggle pretty strenuously when you are trying to hook them.
They eat all the organic matter in the top 1-2" of soil and leave their casings that look like large coffee grounds all over the place, the casings do not break down in the rain and take some time to disperse. They starve out the native red worms and night crawlers in the woods but the crawlers seem to do alright in the weeds and grass and open areas. I believe the worm hunter types like Robins and Woodcocks would do better at controlling them as theyre right on top
We also have the emerald ash borer, and the spotted lantern fly. The Ash borer has done considerable damage to large parts of Pens Woods, and the lantern fly is a horrible pest.

 

May 2022, CBS News, jumpin' worms in 34 states
(Web search results)

 

We've got them in NW Alabama. My wife wanted to shoot the first one she saw because she thought it was a snake. All of the ones that I've seen have been close to a foot long and the diameter of a No. 2 pencil.

 

Great. Do raccoons or skunks eat them?