Articles About Garden Worms

Worm Anatomy: Tube Within a Tube

In worm anatomy, the tube-within-a tube digestive system is efficient and sometimes complex. The term is a reference to the one-way food consumption process that’s common in all annelids.

Cutworms: Damaging Pests in Gardens & Crops

Cutworms are moth larvae that can create widespread damage in home gardens and commercial crops. Many types of cutworms exist that feed in different ways to destroy various parts of plants.

Earthworms & Other Peaceful Inhabitants in the Bin

Earthworm bins are alive with activity. Many beneficial creatures, along with bacteria, molds, and fungi make it a comfortable and healthy environment.

Pot Worms: Classic Soil Inhabitants

Pot worms commonly share space in earthworm farms and compost piles. They can greatly outnumber their segmented relatives without causing any harm.

Caring for Feeder Wax Worms

Wax worms as feeders are favored by many species of reptiles and amphibians. In a cooled, dormant stage, they’ll remain viable for several weeks, but unhealthy larvae will turn black.

How to Get Rid of Worm Pests in the Garden

Worm pests in the garden can cause considerable damage. At this caterpillar stage, they are the young of moths and butterflies and have voracious appetites.

White Woolly Worm Weather Predictions and other Insect Tales

The ability of banded woolly worms to predict the weather is the basis for a popular festival. Their all-white “cousins” and a host of other insects are also part of the many truths and folklore revolving around the seasons.

Horsehair Worms

Horsehair worms often appear in water and damp soil. Also known as Gordian worms, they cause no human or environmental harm, but reach adulthood by finding insect hosts.

Stinging Caterpillars: Colorful, Worm-Like, and Fuzzy

Many people refer to caterpillars as worms. Many of the caterpillar species that sting are colorful and typically fuzzy or feature spikes to serve as a warning.

Natural Controls for Webworms, Tent Caterpillars, and Bagworms

Many individuals choose natural methods for the control of webworms, tent caterpillars and bagworms. Each worm species requires different tactics and home remedies are not always successful.

White Woolly Worms

White woolly worms look like little puffballs when resting on plants. Like other caterpillar species, they are voracious eaters. These little white woolly worms evolve into Virginia tiger moths.

Inchworms and the Trees They Attack

Inchworms move in a very distinctive style and have voracious appetites. These caterpillars are fond of deciduous trees including apple, maple, and oak.

Brownish Black Worms that Curl Up - Millipedes

In small or large quantities, small brownish black worms that curl up begin to show up in the spring. These are probably millipedes and when they appear inside, that means there’s a population outdoors.

Army Worms

Army worms are serious pests for residential turf and commercial crops. Before turning into moths, army worms have voracious appetites.

Glow Worms: green nightcrawlers are easy-to-spot bait

Nightcrawlers, a popular brown fish bait, are now sold as glow worms. The glow-in-the-dark green nightcrawler worms are quite attractive to catfish and other game species.

Tree Pests: Bagworms, Tentworms, and Webworms

Bagworms, tentworms, and webworms feed on tree leaves and can create varying levels of damage. Evergreens and deciduous trees are all at risk from infestations by these unsightly worms.

Millipedes: “Crusty, Crunchy Worms”

Millipedes are often identified as crusty, crunchy “worms.” Generally harmless, even in large numbers, millipedes often invade homes, particularly basements and crawl spaces.

Grub Worms

Grub worms, with their white C-shaped bodies, are lawn pests that are difficult to eradicate. In the larvae, or grub stage, grub worms feast on the turf’s root system.

The Wooly Bear (Wooly Worm, Woolly Worm)

The wooly bear worm is most famous for its legendary ability to predict winter weather. Also known as wooly worm, woolly worm, black-ended bear, fuzzy bear, or banded wooly bear, the wooly bear worm is actually the caterpillar (larval stage) of the Isabella Tiger Moth.

The Woolly Worm Festival (a/k/a Wooly Worm Festival)

The Woolly Worm festival (sometimes spelled as “Wooly Worm” festival) draws 25,000 Woolly Worm enthusiasts annually to Banner Elk, North Carolina to see these fuzzy, woolly worms (actually caterpillars) race.

Earthworms

So you think all earthworms are the same? Think again! There are 2700 known species of earthworms on our planet!

10 Great Earth Worm Facts

These ten great earthworm facts will convince you that the earthworm is an amazing creature. Test your own knowledge against these 10 great earth worm facts!

The Inch Worm (Inchworm)

The inchworm, also known as “inch worm”, is the larva of the moth family Geometridae. The inch worm, although cute, is considered a garden pest.

Wax Worms

Wax worms are a destructive pest. Wax worms are also a delicious treat. It all depends on your point of view.

The Glow Worm (a/k/a Glow-Worm)

The glow worm is actually not a worm at all. The glow-worm is a beetle, although female glow worms never progress past larval stage, and as they are the ones that glow, people mistake them for worms.

Meal Worms

Meal worms are among the most common worms in the home, both as they eat through your pantry, and as meal worms are used as food for pet lizards and fish.

Bag Worms

Bag worms can be a real garden pest if not kept under control. The good news is that it is possible to keep bag worms under control with just a bit of diligence.

Red Worms: Great for Vermiculture!

Red worms are among some of the best worms for composting, which is also known as “vermiculture”.

Tomato Worm Suits

The Tomato Worm suit is a nickname for a particular type of space suit invented in the 1940s. Tomato Worm suits provided a range of motion previously unavailable with pressurized space suits.

The Tomato Worm (Tomato Hornworm)

The Tomato Worm, also known as the Tomato Hornworm or Horn Worm, isn’t really a worm at all. Tomato Worms are actually caterpillars, with stripes and a “horn” on one end.

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