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The Asian Jumping Worm 

Impact*

  • Jumping worms “devour organic matter and change the soil structure”

  •  “They reproduce more quickly and can infest soils at high densities”

 

Identifying

  • 1.5-8” long

  • a narrow band of white around it

  • brown-gray black in color

 

What can you do

  • Monitor your garden’s soil

  • Introduce soil or mulch from reputable sources

  • Some gardeners use a mustard powder drench (1 gallon of water+1/3 cup ground mustard seed) to drive worms to the surface for removal

  • Remove jumping worms and kill them by solarizing or soaking them in alcohol. DON’T COMPOST THEM!​


To read more information on this topic from the National Invasive Species
Information Center, click here. 

To read more information on how they damage soil and threaten forests, click here.

To read a report from the RI Wild Plant Society click here.

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