Earthworm | earthworm
CommonName:CommonEarthwormScientificName:LumbricusterrestrisType:InvertebratesDiet:HerbivoreAverageLifeSpanInTheWild:Upto6yearsSize:Upto14inchesWeight:Upto0.39ouncesSizerelativetoateacup:IUCNRedListStatus:?NotevaluatedLeastConcernExtinctCurrentPopulationTrend:UnknownThereddish-gray-coloredcommonearthworm,oftencalledanightcrawlerintheUnitedStates,isfamiliartoanyonewithafishingrodoragarden.TheyareindigenoustoEurope,butarenowabundantinNorthAmericaandwesternAsia.EarthwormSegementsandBurrowingTyp...
Common Name: Common Earthworm
Scientific Name: Lumbricus terrestris
Type: Invertebrates
Diet: Herbivore
Average Life Span In The Wild: Up to 6 years
Size: Up to 14 inches
Weight: Up to 0.39 ounces
Size relative to a teacup: IUCN Red List Status: ? Not evaluatedLeast Concern Extinct
Current Population Trend: UnknownThe reddish-gray-colored common earthworm, often called a night crawler in the United States, is familiar to anyone with a fishing rod or a garden. They are indigenous to Europe, but are now abundant in North America and western Asia.
Earthworm Segements and BurrowingTypically only a few inches in length, some members of this species have been known to grow to a serpentine 14 inches. Earthworms’ bodies are made up of ring-like segments called annuli. These segments are covered in setae, or small bristles, which the worm uses to move and burrow.
Night crawlers are so named because they are usually seen feedin...