One of our readers contacted us about a white worm-like creature that they found in their garden. She and her husband were planting their annuals and found an 8 to 9 inch white worm-like creature. She is not sure if it had eyes or a mouth, but she said it was about the same diameter as a yellow pencil. They were unsure if this is a worm or a snake, but she said when her husband picked it up, it wriggled quite a lot. They saw it burrow into the dirt as well. Because we do not have very much information about this creature, we are unable to make a solid identification of this worm-like creature.

Normally, worms that burrow into the dirt are earthworms. Earthworms can get pretty large; in fact some of the largest ones found in China were 50 centimeters in length. However, our reader said that the worm-like creature is white. Generally earthworms are brown and red in color, so this would nullify this possibility.

We did some research on snakes that burrow as well, but we could not find a white snake that does. With the little information that we have, it is nearly impossible for us to make a solid identification.

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