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Grittyville, WA

Posted pics in my diary. Online has scattershot explanations. Had 100+ crawling on the snow. I guess they are abominable snow worms because the birds won't eat them. The birds were busy digging for real worms today. These were wiggling happily atop the snow. Easy pickings, but the birds weren't going for them. Don't know if they are parasitic or herbivores or saprotrophs like earthworms.

I've seen many of this species in the soil too, they did not fall out of the sky. Looking for more info & want to know if anyone else has seen these, thanks.

Pic in my diary (entry 23). Thanks!

2/6/2020 5:47:03 AM

Bethlehem CT

I have never seen them, thanks for posting. They do look parasitic.

2/6/2020 7:50:15 AM

Bethlehem CT

https://www.sott.net/article/171982-Washington-State-Mysterious-South-Kitsap-Worms-Weave-Web-of-Intrigue

2/6/2020 8:04:31 AM

Bethlehem CT

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/glacier-worms-b-c-1.5182440

2/6/2020 8:06:02 AM

Bethlehem CT

Let us know what you find out.

2/6/2020 8:06:38 AM

Central NY

No more homemade snow cones...check!

2/6/2020 10:41:04 AM

New England

the look like Pontoscolex worms

2/6/2020 11:59:58 AM

central Nc

Hey now, why bring Elizabeth Warren into this?

2/6/2020 1:06:58 PM

Johnston, Iowa

Aliens

2/7/2020 9:50:06 AM

Billerica,Massachusetts

while i have never seen them on the snow i did find several earthworms a few years back while rolling snow to make a snowman but they were underneath the snow

2/7/2020 10:30:15 AM

Do you guys not recognize haybale worms!

2/7/2020 11:57:06 AM

Grittyville, WA

Coronavirus or abominable worms... Not sure which is scarier... Things are getting too organic here.

2/7/2020 3:02:35 PM

Lakewood, WA

Those 'lil buggers are grody to the max!

2/8/2020 1:33:53 PM