Mollusc-eating Hammerhead Worm
Bipaliumvagum
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This bug has been reportedly found in the following regions:
Mobile, Alabama
Ozark, Alabama
El Dorado, Arkansas
Citrus Heights, California
Fallbrook, California(5 reports)
Brooksville, Florida
Gainesville, Florida
Jacksonville, Florida
Melbourne, Florida
Naples, Florida
Augusta, Georgia
Griffin, Georgia
Schofield Barracks, Hawaii
Wheeler AFB, Hawaii
Franklin, Louisiana
Blue Eye, Missouri
Wake Forest, North Carolina
Seneca, South Carolina
Swansea, South Carolina
Dallas, Texas
Lyle, Washington
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mistifarang
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September 2014 |
Neutral
I found this flatworm in my garden in Bangkok
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ErzsebetF
Swansea, SC (Zone 8b) |
June 2014 |
Neutral
I just found my first hammerhead worm underneath a self watering flower pot on the edge of my herb bed. I do not think I like the looks of this worm. I certainly don't want this worm to eat my beneficial earthworms!
I read the University of Florida report about this worm and I am not encouraged. It appears that these imports are probably getting around in potted plants we buy at our garden shops! which are carried from the greenhouses. Gee, thanks Burpee! and/or Bonnie Bell!
I think the next time I find one, I will put it in a jar of alcohol. I do not want to encourage this worm to grow and get into my vegetable garden; or my herb beds.
I think I like my friendly earthworms better!
I read the University of Florida report about this worm and I am not encouraged. It appears that these imports are probably getting around in potted plants we buy at our garden shops! which are carried from the greenhouses. Gee, thanks Burpee! and/or Bonnie Bell!
I think the next time I find one, I will put it in a jar of alcohol. I do not want to encourage this worm to grow and get into my vegetable garden; or my herb beds.
I think I like my friendly earthworms better!
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wormsci
Cortland, NY |
October 2010 |
Neutral
The following link connects to a paper about the differences between the three most common broadhead planarians now found in North America. It includes a figure showing the color pattern differences among their heads.
http://faculty.kutztown.edu/butler/ducey2007.pdf
If that doesn't work, the article was published in the Southeastern Naturalist 6:449-460 in 2007.
http://faculty.kutztown.edu/butler/ducey2007.pdf
If that doesn't work, the article was published in the Southeastern Naturalist 6:449-460 in 2007.