All About Worms

Ringworm (also spelled “ring worm”) is of intense interest to people, probably because the problems associated with ringworm are very widespread. At one point or another, you are likely to experience an issue related to ringworm, or at least you’ll know someone who is afflicted by this misleadingly-named human ailment. Since ringworm is the object of so much concern, we decided to compile this list of facts about ringworm. We have selected the following five facts about ringworm based on how interesting or surprising we think they are, not necessarily because they are the main features or most notable aspects of ringworm. Check out another article for a more general overview of ringworm.

A reader wrote to us recently about a group of worms that he observed moving together – that is, the worms were seen crawling “as one,” such that the worms appeared to be traveling “one over the other to get to their destination.” The reader further observed that the worms were relatively small, and that the group consisted of about 50 worms. What type of worms move together, and further, why do worms crawl together as a group anyhow?