Wandering Broadhead Planarian
Bipaliumadventitium
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This bug has been reportedly found in the following regions:
Ceres, California
Mashpee, Massachusetts
Cortland, New York
Beulaville, North Carolina
Cary, North Carolina
Hillsborough, North Carolina
Pottstown, Pennsylvania
Atlanta, Texas
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cvkussee
Salt Lake City, UT |
August 2016 |
Positive
My son is working in South Korea for awhile and sees the yellow ones while hiking in the mountains.
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phantera
Norristown, PA |
March 2012 |
Positive
If anyone finds one of these worms in SouthEast PA and wants to get rid of it please let me know - we teach about flatworms in our biology class and would love to have some of these to show the kids. (And I won't release the worm - they'll stay in captivity forever, don't worry.)
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DancingTree
Ceres, CA (Zone 9b) |
October 2011 |
Negative
After 30 years of living and gardening in the same place, this year I've begun to find both kinds of land planarians in my garden - Bipalium kewense (long, brown with 2 stripes) and Bipalium adventitium (shorter, yellowish, one stripe). They hide under moist planters, pots, bricks. So I began using their hideouts as "traps", places I check to find them so I can then kill them. To kill them, I drop the planarians into a lidded plastic container (yogurt cup) that has 1/4" of diatomaceous earth in the bottom. I secure the lid. It works! I go out and hunt them after I irrigate, after rains, and in the morning. I check my "traps" and am regularly finding planarians. Physical / mechanical control is effective. By killing the adults, they cannot reproduce or increase populations. This way I'm pro... read more