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Common Earthworms
Common Earthworms:
(Lumbricus terrestris)
Lumbricus terrestris
- large reddish worm species
- native to Western Europe.
- some people conside them to be a pest
Common Earthworms
- Kingdom Animalia,
- Phylum Annelida
- Class Clitellata
- Order Opisthopora
- Family Lumbricidae
- Genus Lumbricus
- Species Lumbricus terrestris
Numerous:
- they live everywhere in the world except Antartica
- Native to Western Europe
- they are the least concern on the endangered species list
Life Span, Habitat, and Diet:
- live up to 8 years
- grow up to about 14 inches in length.
- live pretty much anywhere in the siol, along with almost the rest of their worm family.
- They are abundant in forests.
- They eat plant tissue, micro-organisms, and the remains of larger dead animals.
- They eat by consuming organic matter.
Reproduction:
- hermaphrodite
- most need a mate to reproduce
- they rub their clitiullm together
Enimies/threats:
- birds
- ants
- centipedes
- snakes
- toads
- beetles
- nematodes
Fun Facts:
- There are around 2,700 species of earthworms
- In one acre of land, there is about 1 million earthworms
- They don't have eyes
- They can only grow so long
- The largest Earthworm was found in South Africa (22 feet long)
- Worms are cold blooded animals
- Baby worms hatch from cacoons smaller than a grain of rice
- Worms can eat their weight everyday
Sources:
https://web.extension.illinois.edu/worms/facts/
http://www.biokids.umich.edu/critters/Oligochaeta/#:~:text=Earthworms%20and%20their%20relatives%20live,on%20land%20and%20in%20freshwater.
http://www.naturenorth.com/fall/ncrawler/Night_Crawlers_03.html
http://www.iucngisd.org/gisd/species.php?sc=1555