#earthworms — Public Fediverse posts

Melloona – where things grow a little differently

https://alruniaahn.wordpress.com/2026/04/24/melloona-where-things-grow-a-little-differently/

Melloona – where things grow a little differently

https://alruniaahn.wordpress.com/2026/04/24/melloona-where-things-grow-a-little-differently/

Melloona – where things grow a little differently

https://alruniaahn.wordpress.com/2026/04/24/melloona-where-things-grow-a-little-differently/

Melloona – where things grow a little differently

https://alruniaahn.wordpress.com/2026/04/24/melloona-where-things-grow-a-little-differently/

Melloona – where things grow a little differently

https://alruniaahn.wordpress.com/2026/04/24/melloona-where-things-grow-a-little-differently/

aya, “droplets” (Hyperdub, 2025) ★ UK ★ https://aya-yco.bandcamp.com/track/droplets (3 min 44 s) ⦾ https://soundcloud.com/aya_yco/droplets ⦾ https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/aya/hexed/ #aya #AyaSinclair #deconstructedclub #ukbass #synthpunk #darkelectronica #dubstep #metallic #droplets #hexed #earthworms #ayayco #transgendermusicians #queermusicians #Hyperdub #2020s

aya, “droplets” (Hyperdub, 2025) ★ UK ★ https://aya-yco.bandcamp.com/track/droplets (3 min 44 s) ⦾ https://soundcloud.com/aya_yco/droplets ⦾ https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/aya/hexed/ #aya #AyaSinclair #deconstructedclub #ukbass #synthpunk #darkelectronica #dubstep #metallic #droplets #hexed #earthworms #ayayco #transgendermusicians #queermusicians #Hyperdub #2020s

aya, “droplets” (Hyperdub, 2025) ★ UK ★ https://aya-yco.bandcamp.com/track/droplets (3 min 44 s) ⦾ https://soundcloud.com/aya_yco/droplets ⦾ https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/aya/hexed/ #aya #AyaSinclair #deconstructedclub #ukbass #synthpunk #darkelectronica #dubstep #metallic #droplets #hexed #earthworms #ayayco #transgendermusicians #queermusicians #Hyperdub #2020s

aya, “droplets” (Hyperdub, 2025) ★ UK ★ https://aya-yco.bandcamp.com/track/droplets (3 min 44 s) ⦾ https://soundcloud.com/aya_yco/droplets ⦾ https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/aya/hexed/ #aya #AyaSinclair #deconstructedclub #ukbass #synthpunk #darkelectronica #dubstep #metallic #droplets #hexed #earthworms #ayayco #transgendermusicians #queermusicians #Hyperdub #2020s

Can You Support The Beneficial Earthworms In Your Garden With Teabags? Here’s What To Know https://www.allforgardening.com/1636751/can-you-support-the-beneficial-earthworms-in-your-garden-with-teabags-heres-what-to-know/ #AcidicSoil #earthworms #garden #OrganicMatter #PollinatorGarden #SoilHealth #SoilStructure #TeaBags

@mrillig

You may thank us ✌️🪱✌️

"Crucially, both field and laboratory data demonstrated a significant reduction in particle size in casts compared to soil (6.48% and 19.8%, respectively), supporting the potential earthworm effects on MP (microplastic) mechanical attrition. Polymer compositions in casts mirrored those in soils, exhibiting a nonselective and passive ingestion pathway. Beyond physical transport, the formation of field biogenic polymer aggregates facilitated chemical aging of MPs, as evidenced by elevated oxidation indices. This process was likely accelerated by the enrichment of plastic-degrading microbial taxa (e.g., Flavobacterium) within casts, which exhibited up to a 35.6-fold increase in relative abundance."

#Earthworms #Microplastics #EcosystemEngineers #SoilBiology #SoilEcology #EnvironmentalToxicology

@mrillig

You may thank us ✌️🪱✌️

"Crucially, both field and laboratory data demonstrated a significant reduction in particle size in casts compared to soil (6.48% and 19.8%, respectively), supporting the potential earthworm effects on MP (microplastic) mechanical attrition. Polymer compositions in casts mirrored those in soils, exhibiting a nonselective and passive ingestion pathway. Beyond physical transport, the formation of field biogenic polymer aggregates facilitated chemical aging of MPs, as evidenced by elevated oxidation indices. This process was likely accelerated by the enrichment of plastic-degrading microbial taxa (e.g., Flavobacterium) within casts, which exhibited up to a 35.6-fold increase in relative abundance."

#Earthworms #Microplastics #EcosystemEngineers #SoilBiology #SoilEcology #EnvironmentalToxicology

@mrillig

You may thank us ✌️🪱✌️

"Crucially, both field and laboratory data demonstrated a significant reduction in particle size in casts compared to soil (6.48% and 19.8%, respectively), supporting the potential earthworm effects on MP (microplastic) mechanical attrition. Polymer compositions in casts mirrored those in soils, exhibiting a nonselective and passive ingestion pathway. Beyond physical transport, the formation of field biogenic polymer aggregates facilitated chemical aging of MPs, as evidenced by elevated oxidation indices. This process was likely accelerated by the enrichment of plastic-degrading microbial taxa (e.g., Flavobacterium) within casts, which exhibited up to a 35.6-fold increase in relative abundance."

#Earthworms #Microplastics #EcosystemEngineers #SoilBiology #SoilEcology #EnvironmentalToxicology

@mrillig

You may thank us ✌️🪱✌️

"Crucially, both field and laboratory data demonstrated a significant reduction in particle size in casts compared to soil (6.48% and 19.8%, respectively), supporting the potential earthworm effects on MP (microplastic) mechanical attrition. Polymer compositions in casts mirrored those in soils, exhibiting a nonselective and passive ingestion pathway. Beyond physical transport, the formation of field biogenic polymer aggregates facilitated chemical aging of MPs, as evidenced by elevated oxidation indices. This process was likely accelerated by the enrichment of plastic-degrading microbial taxa (e.g., Flavobacterium) within casts, which exhibited up to a 35.6-fold increase in relative abundance."

#Earthworms #Microplastics #EcosystemEngineers #SoilBiology #SoilEcology #EnvironmentalToxicology

@mrillig

You may thank us ✌️🪱✌️

"Crucially, both field and laboratory data demonstrated a significant reduction in particle size in casts compared to soil (6.48% and 19.8%, respectively), supporting the potential earthworm effects on MP (microplastic) mechanical attrition. Polymer compositions in casts mirrored those in soils, exhibiting a nonselective and passive ingestion pathway. Beyond physical transport, the formation of field biogenic polymer aggregates facilitated chemical aging of MPs, as evidenced by elevated oxidation indices. This process was likely accelerated by the enrichment of plastic-degrading microbial taxa (e.g., Flavobacterium) within casts, which exhibited up to a 35.6-fold increase in relative abundance."

#Earthworms #Microplastics #EcosystemEngineers #SoilBiology #SoilEcology #EnvironmentalToxicology

Insomnia

Being an uber geek I still sometimes wake up in the middle of the night wondering about major issues like “Do earthworms have parasites?”

@Vivaldi
Stumbled upon it one day in #Ubuntu's app store's “New and Updated” section. 'Twas actually the #Flatpak version, which doesn't really have the best #images and #description, as it's #unofficial, so I wasn't drawn to it at first, but just kept in my #mind. A few days later, #BraveBrowser started having a lot of #issues (it was my bad, actually, but anyway) and I switched to #MicrosoftEdge for a while. A little time after, I found out about some ugly things M$ does through its #browser, and looked for an #alternative. #Browsers like #Brave were already too #basic for me, after using #Edge, and thus, when I saw #Vivaldi as a powerful alternative, I didn't hesitate a moment and tried it.

That's the most #important part of the story, but… there's a second #volume: At first, I was like a #crazy #chicken in front of a pot full of #earthworms, so… I obviously broke the browser in just one, two days. In the meanwhile, I also managed to repair Brave, and I was thinking of leaving V, considering it too #buggy. But luckily, I decided to give it one more chance, this time being more #cautious about #messing up with #settings… and here I am!

You might call me a very #wise person, since I didn't #giveUp immediately, but the #truth is… I was simply #mesmerized by it… :tony_happy:

#VivaldiBrowser #VivaldiTechnologies

The theme today is #soft for #mARTch, #makersMARTch and #ArtYear. Well, #earthworms are soft, and here is a #watercolor illustration I made last year of a #Nasca earthworm.

The #animals that give each other gifts https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20241223-christmas-animals-that-give-gifts

"Nuptial gift giving – when the male presents the female with a nutritious morsel during courtship and mating – has been noted in species as diverse as #snails, #earthworms & #squid. #Birds have been known to enjoy gift giving too, with male great grey #shrikes impaling small creatures on thorns and twigs to impress mates, before offering them as presents during courtship. However, it is most common amongst #insects & #arachnids."

New publication: Earthworm Ecology in Northern European Forests.
#bookchapter #earthworms #forests #climatechange #sustainablelanduse #biodiversity
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-64510-5_3

New publication: The effect of alternative agricultural practices on #soil biodiversity of #bacteria, #fungi, #nematodes and #earthworms: A review. #sustainablelanduse #biodiversity #agriculture #soilhealth
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agee.2024.109329

Keeping my earthworms fed! I love how productive they are at helping me keep my organic garden thriving #organic #earthworms #homegarden #organicgarden

Hey, I made my own #LinkTree site, you can see there all my official work and social presences, and links to some of my #iNaturalist and #environmentalist projects 🤓

Check it out 👉 https://linktr.ee/msteinwandter

#SoilBiology #SoilScience #SoilEcology #SoilZoology #ClimateAction #NatureLovers #Earthworms #SoilFauna

How giant earthworms have transformed the Isle of Rum’s landscape https://theconversation.com/how-giant-earthworms-have-transformed-the-isle-of-rums-landscape-231638

"Renowned for a thriving and intricately studied population of around 900 #RedDeer, the #IsleOfRum, part of #Scotland’s Inner #Hebrides, is often considered an outdoor laboratory for scientific research. But the #earthworms on Rum are equally remarkable. These #invertebrates act as #EcosystemEngineers, actively shaping the landscape, often after humans have left their mark on this remote island."

It's that time of year. My USA and Canada* friends who garden, be on the lookout for invasive Amynthas "jumping" or "crazy" earthworms. There are no indigenous North American earthworms, but unlike the placid European invasive earthworm, these guys harm soil health more than they help. They hang out in the top layer of the soil and eat up all the nutrients. Their casings are not good soil additions. Because of this behavior, they have the potential to devastate our forests.

I found these guys after moving my garbage can. Haven't seen them in my actual garden yet, which might be due to the diatomaceous earth I added to it last fall. They're hard to kill. I'm going to freeze them and then place their bodies around my garden, hoping this will give local birds and toads a taste for them. These guys are small, they must be fairly recently hatched. At adulthood they can be 6 inches or more, easily. They also reproduce asexually after about 60 days of life. So every worm removed at this stage is a victory. New York winters kill the worms, but not their eggs.

How to tell Amynthas apart from European earthworms:

-clitellum (collar) is smooth, red, and goes all the way around. Not white, raised, and partially around the body

-their casings--see pic--and their effect on the soil. They give it a coarse sort of coffee grounds texture

-vigorous activity when touched or disturbed. They jump, squirm, climb, writhe like snakes. If you come across a bunch of them at once, it can be unnerving

Killing them is hard. If you heat or treat the soil, you kill other invertebrates and microorganisms too. Mustard solution makes them rise to the top, makes them easier to catch. Chopping them up just makes more worms. So, freeze them or drown them in alcohol. They'll eventually drown in water too, but they'll climb right out of an open bucket. As I mentioned earlier, mixing diatomaceous earth into garden beds seems to deter them.

Anyway good luck! It's not easy trying to garden in this climate-changing, mass-extinction, species-invading world.

*Edited update--I was overly optimistic in thinking they hadn't made it to Canada yet. (They've been migrating slowly northward from the Gulf Coast for the past 100 years or so.)

#Worms #gardening #InvasiveSpecies #earthworms #amynthas #JumpingWorms

'The number of British earthworms may have declined by a third'

https://www.economist.com/britain/2024/05/22/the-number-of-british-earthworms-may-have-declined-by-a-third

'Worms give earth structure, aerate it and improve crop growth. A paper by Professor Fonte estimated that without earthworm action, global grain production would be 6.5% lower, equivalent to “the annual grain production of Russia”.'

#worm #earthworm #worms #earthworms #environment #UK #agriculture #food

Heads up #SoilBiodiversity & #SoilZoology people --> #SafeTheDate submit an abstract and register for:

- XIX International Colloquium of Soil Zoology (ICSZ)
- XVI International Colloquium of Apterygota (ICA)

Where? Cape Town, #SouthAfrica
When?: 26-30 August 2024
Info?: http://www.icsz2024.org/

📬 #AbstractSubmission Deadline is 30 April!!! Send them in now! ✏️

#SoilFauna #SoilScience #Collembola #Acari #Myriapoda #Coleoptera #Nematodes #SoilMacroFauna #Earthworms #SoilMesoFauna #SoilMicrofauna

Heads up #SoilBiodiversity & #SoilZoology people --> #SafeTheDate submit an abstract and register for:

- XIX International Colloquium of Soil Zoology (ICSZ)
- XVI International Colloquium of Apterygota (ICA)

Where? Cape Town, #SouthAfrica
When?: 26-30 August 2024
Info?: http://www.icsz2024.org/

📬 #AbstractSubmission Deadline is 30 April!!! Send them in now! ✏️

#SoilFauna #SoilScience #Collembola #Acari #Myriapoda #Coleoptera #Nematodes #SoilMacroFauna #Earthworms #SoilMesoFauna #SoilMicrofauna

Heads up #SoilBiodiversity & #SoilZoology people --> #SafeTheDate submit an abstract and register for:

- XIX International Colloquium of Soil Zoology (ICSZ)
- XVI International Colloquium of Apterygota (ICA)

Where? Cape Town, #SouthAfrica
When?: 26-30 August 2024
Info?: http://www.icsz2024.org/

📬 #AbstractSubmission Deadline is 30 April!!! Send them in now! ✏️

#SoilFauna #SoilScience #Collembola #Acari #Myriapoda #Coleoptera #Nematodes #SoilMacroFauna #Earthworms #SoilMesoFauna #SoilMicrofauna

Heads up #SoilBiodiversity & #SoilZoology people --> #SafeTheDate submit an abstract and register for:

- XIX International Colloquium of Soil Zoology (ICSZ)
- XVI International Colloquium of Apterygota (ICA)

Where? Cape Town, #SouthAfrica
When?: 26-30 August 2024
Info?: http://www.icsz2024.org/

📬 #AbstractSubmission Deadline is 30 April!!! Send them in now! ✏️

#SoilFauna #SoilScience #Collembola #Acari #Myriapoda #Coleoptera #Nematodes #SoilMacroFauna #Earthworms #SoilMesoFauna #SoilMicrofauna

So, while #EuropoeanEarthworms can be beneficial in gardens, they are not native to #Maine, and are actually an invasive species! (Native Maine earthworms were wiped out a long time ago, it seems...)

Invasive #Earthworms Rediscovered in #NorthernMaine #Forests

January 2022

"University of Maine researchers recently discovered invasive earthworms from Europe in Aroostook County, Maine timberlands, in what they say is the first reported sighting of the creatures in northern Maine forests since 1979. The finding raises concerns that the worms may cause changes in the forest ecosystem, from a slowing of tree regeneration to a release of carbon from the soil.

"Joshua Puhlick, formerly a research associate at the UMaine School of Forest Resources and now a scientist at The Jones Center at Ichauway in Georgia, found the worms while sampling soils as part of a sustainable forestry initiative at three research plantations. 'We were collecting soils and looking at the influence of forestry management on soil properties when we happened to discover earthworms at two of our sites,' he said. 'It was a pretty big deal to find them because we weren’t expecting to see them in northern Maine.'

"European earthworms were found in all 18 research plots at the Nashville Plantation along Route 11 and in 2 of 15 plots near the Seven Islands campsite on the St. John River. At least two different species of non-native worms were identified.

"Native earthworms were extirpated from Maine and much of the rest of New England during the last Ice Age. European earthworms eventually found their way to most of the region through discarded fishing bait, the transportation of horticultural materials, and on logging machinery, but they weren’t believed to be widespread in northern Maine.

"'Earthworms can cause a lot of abrupt changes in forest ecosystems and influence forest health, and many natural resource managers are becoming increasingly alarmed about the presence of earthworms in Maine forests,' said Puhlick. 'Invasive plant species find it easier to make their way into forests after earthworm invasions, and that impacts tree regeneration. Worms also consume a lot of the organic horizon – the litter and duff layer – and redistribute some of it within the mineral soil, which changes carbon dynamics and could potentially release carbon back into the atmosphere.'

"The worms prefer forests of northern hardwoods because the leaf litter is less acidic than in coniferous forests, Puhlick explained, although earthworms have been reported in mixed forests as well. #SugarMaple forests are a particular concern.

"'This isn’t a new phenomenon in New England, but we often worry about the decline of sugar maple health,' he said. 'These earthworm populations can cause changes in soil dynamics that could lead to declining health in sugar maples. That’s something we’ll have to continue to evaluate.'

"Puhlick recommends that land managers in northern New England document where earthworm populations are found and monitor changes to forest conditions over time. They should also implement practices that will minimize the spread of earthworms and limit new introductions of worms across the forested landscape.

"'There are #ClimateChange impacts to our forests, invasive plant species, and now this,' he said. 'It’s just one more issue that forest managers are going to have to face.'"

Source:
https://northernwoodlands.org/discoveries/invasive-earthworms

#InvasiveSpecies #WormWednesday #NorthWoods #ProtectTheNorthWoods

‘A bigger soul than we ever supposed’: UK earthworm population in decline
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/a-bigger-soul-than-we-ever-supposed-uk-earthworm-population-in-decline/ar-BB1lgcTF?ei=4

#Worms
#Earthworms
#Earthworm
#EarthwormDecline

📃 ARTICLES: Some articles appear to be more attractive for #translators than others! We’ve received many registrations for articles focusing on #earthworms 🪱, including titles such as “Earthworms 🪱 of the World” & “How introduced earthworms🪱 alter #ecosystems”. Additionally, there is big interest in articles like “How soil organisms look like reveals their role in the soil”, “Does (plant) biodiversity 🪴 influence nutrient cycles?” & “The fascinating world of #belowground communication 📞” [6/11]

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-023-41286-7?

#Earthworms break down #organicmatter and #aeratesoil, increasing #soilfertility for #growingcrops.
#biodiversity #soilporosity #microbialcommunities

Photograph: Bobby Yip/Reuters

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-023-41286-7?

#Earthworms break down #organicmatter and #aeratesoil, increasing #soilfertility for #growingcrops.
#biodiversity #soilporosity #microbialcommunities

Photograph: Bobby Yip/Reuters

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-023-41286-7?

#Earthworms break down #organicmatter and #aeratesoil, increasing #soilfertility for #growingcrops.
#biodiversity #soilporosity #microbialcommunities

Photograph: Bobby Yip/Reuters

Der #Ackerboden kann zu einem noch gigantischeren #CO₂-Speicher werden. - The #soil can become an even more gigantic #CO₂-store.

#Landwirtschaft, #Boden, #Humus, #Regenwürmer, #Klee, #Untersaat, #CO₂, #CO2, #CO2-Speicher, #HaraldLesch, #agriculture, #CO₂-storage, #CO2-storage, #earthworms, #clover, #CatchCrop
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RT @ZDF
Regenwürmer 🪱 sind Klimaretter! Die kleinen Lebewesen halten unseren Boden intakt.

Doch nicht nur sie helfen uns im Kampf gegen den #Klimawandel. Harald Lesch zeigt, welche Rolle die Landwirtschaft insgesamt dabei spielen kann. #LeschsKosmos
Die Erde, die unsere Welt rettet - Landwirtschaft neu denken

Yesterday, we as #AlpSoil_Lab concluded the #sWORM2 (#SoilBON EW) sampling.
Sometimes challenging in the alpine sites: 1) due to the steepness, and 2) due to interrupting and VERY curious horned fellas 😅
Looking forward to the results!

#LTERTyroleanAlps #earthworms #Austria

With https://twitter.com/julesibk and https://twitter.com/EuracAlpine

We published 3 article translations in #French 🇫🇷 !

- En savoir plus sur les vers de terre grâce aux sciences participatives 🏙️
- Peut-on sauver la Bête en préservant la Belle ? 💅 🐻
- Acariens des mousses et du sol ou acariens cuirassiers : le monde fantastique des oribates 🐜(<- mite)

#soil #soilbiodiversity #earthworms #mites #acari #belowground #scicomm

@romyzeiss @ElisabethBoenisch @MalteJochum @remybeugnon @EisenhauerLab @idiv @frontyoungminds

Do you know #Polski speaking people? We now have 4 articles about #soil #biodiversity in #Polish !

Who doesn't want to know more about #earthworms 🐛, #fungi 🍄, #belowground communication ☎️ and land-use 🏞️ impacts on soils?!

https://www.idiv.de/en/young-minds/languages.html

@romyzeiss @ElisabethBoenisch @MalteJochum @remybeugnon @idiv

Hey there! We have new translations 📄 of the #FYM article collection on #soil biodiversity available that were written for #kids 🚸 !

What about #plants 🌱 defending 🛡️ their #roots from being eaten - now in 🇫🇷 and 🇪🇸 ? Or the #distribution of #earthworms across the globe 🌐 - in 🇫🇷 ? And ways to protect 🛡️ soil #biodiversity - in 🇪🇸 ?

https://www.idiv.de/en/young-minds/fr.html

#soilbiodiversity #FYM
@ElisabethBoenisch @MalteJochum @remybeugnon

The decline of the #EarthWorms population is global.

This is a tragedy because they are our best ally to help decompose the organic matter.

They provide the most powerful #fertilizer that we know of. They help us reduce the volume of trash. They help shape our #landscape, feed our livestock...

I talk on this profile about how to farm them on a small scale.

#compost #soil #topsoil #regenerativefarming #permaculture #gardening #vermiculture #wormcasting #GrowYourOwn

@compost

#December 13, 1870
#OTD Dallas Lore Sharp, American #Writer & #Naturalist, is born.

In his #Winter #Book, he left #Instructions.

TO THE #Pupil
#Darwin's book on #Earthworms: #Read how #Worms make #Garden #Soil.

TO THE #Teacher
Make a point of going into the winter #Woods & #Fields.
Start your #Bird #Study. Awaken #Sympathy & #Responsibility by [feeding] the birds;
#Cultivate Cheerfulness & #Hardiness by breasting a #Bitter winter #Gale for the #Pure #Joy of it... in #Girls as well as #Boys.

#Earthworms #Loess #climate all in one article! @frankashwood @gino https://www.nature.com/articles/s43247-022-00595-3

🪱 Journée Mondiale des Vers de Terre 🪱
https://youtu.be/1NTXJETZiIM 🪱 🪱

#VersDeTerre #EarthWorms #21oct #WorldEarthWormsDay #LivingSoils #Biodiversity #StopAgrotoxics