Earthworms would be a good choice for an angler who was limited to using one kind of bait, live or artificial. And make it a night crawler, please. Suppose you wanted to catch walleyes. Would you go fishing without worms? If walleyes did not hit artificial baits, you would make your spinner or jig more desirable by adding a worm.
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - Earthworms have a thankless job. They toil in anonymity under the ground. They never see the beautiful plants their work helps to produce. And, to top it off, humans think they're gross. Until about 1881, people poisoned worms in the mistaken belief that they were small snakes.
I woke up one morning in early April to discover that the warm, wet weather of the day before had given way to snow. There was almost an inch of snow, although the air temperature wasn't very cold. I was confident that the migrating birds that had returned to our farm, the hibernating mammals that had resurfaced, and the cold- weather plants that were already up would be fine. But there was one animal I hadn't considered. That morning I noticed dark streaks on the surface of the snow. When I went outside I discovered that they were earthworms. The previous day's warm weather and rain brought the worms closest to the surface into the open for air. Then it began to snow.
Growing up along the Mississippi River, summer means fishing time, and for many young anglers, that means hunting bait. For decades, area youth have tried to rouse earthworms from the ground using homemade electric worm prods. On Wednesday in Cassville, Wis., that practice turned fatal. Evan J. Hauk, 13, was accidentally electrocuted while trying to gather earthworms for a fishing trip with his father. He was using a 110-volt electric prod to drive earthworms to the surface of his yard, which was wet with dew. He was barefoot when he got the lethal shock.
... experience in biodiversity of earthworms'' (2009 in litt.), and included additional informa...
March came into our hills on little lamb feet, trailing sunshine behind her. She was such a change from the torrential rain and thunderstorms that preceded her that we rejoiced. There are subtle signs of her coming, as the spring peepers have been calling for her for the past two weeks. The red-breasted robins have come back from their southern journey, hopping across the yard looking for earthworms. There are always a few resident robins that stay here all winter, but when flocks of them appear, you know that they have returned home. They are a pleasure to watch, with their queer, jerky walk and head cocked to one side. The night crawlers are out also, and make a tasty meal for these birds.
Happy Birthday!" The card from my daughter said. "If your life was measured in dog years ... you'd be dead by now." Betsy is also a naturalist so I took no offense, but it did make me think. I've outlived most small creatures by a half-century or more. Just looking at the average age limit for common critters is stunning. A housefly usually only lives for 2 months; a worker bee, for a half- year; most house mice live to 4 years, while rats stick around for 7. Some of them, though, offer lifespan surprises: Who knew that bullfrogs and gray squirrels live on average for 12 years? Earthworms and blackbirds live (one in the dark, one in light) for 18 years? Strange bedfellows: bats, cats and rattlesnakes all live from 22-25 years? At 61, I've outlived them all. Average humans in the U.S. o...
Want some help in the garden? Hire some earthworms. They're dirt cheap. All they ask for is some decaying organic matter to eat and undisturbed soil.
HACIENDA HEIGHTS - Baby-sitting worms isn't as bad as it sounds. Actually, it's one of the favorite things to do for students at Los Molinos Elementary School. The Wildcats just love their earthworms. They are, in part, inspired by a good cause: their organic garden.
Baby-sitting worms isn't as hard as it sounds. In fact, it's one of the favorite things to do for students at Los Molinos Elementary School. The Wildcats just love their earthworms. Of course, it's all for a good cause, their organic garden.
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