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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Sep 2011
Location: 7a NO. VA.
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Found some worms of that description while preparing some garden beds during some recent sunny days. They don't look like the pictures I've seen of cutworms -- very skinny and a few inches long. I think they look like they have teeny legs on each section.
I googled garden pests till I'm ready to throw up, but I don't see anything that looks like this. Unfortunately, I don't have a photo. |
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: NY z5
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Worms don't have legs. Maybe it's a millipede?
http://www.ext.colostate.edu/pubs/insect/05552.html http://www.ipm.ucdavis.edu/PMG/PESTNOTES/pn7472.html Is your "worm" soft-skinned or does it have a hard outer shell? If it's soft-skinned, maybe it's some kind of caterpillar other than a cutworm. My grandmother used to call any kind of caterpillar a "worm", LOL. |
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Sep 2011
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I think they look skinnier than the pictures I saw of millipedes.
Yeah, I knew worms and legs don't go together, but darn it, it sure looks like a worm. I can't say for sure whether these have legs, actually, because they're dirt colored -- they blend back in before I can get a good look. (Not that I really want to get a good look.) So if it is an actual worm, no legs, does that sound like anything familiar? |
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Dec 2011
Location: Whidbey Island, WA Zone 7, Sunset 5
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Have you googled wireworms?
I think that might be what you have. |
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Tomatovillian™
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I thought of wireworms too, especially if the garden soil is reddish (they would blend right in). But if OneDahlis'a critters are a few inches long, that sounds too long to be wireworms. I've never seen a wireworm more than about one inch long.
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Sep 2011
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They look like curly wire pieces, actually, but I just googled wireworms and mine are longer than that. They're dark brown.
I should go dig around and have my camera handy and try to get a picture. |
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: California Central Valley
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Horsehair worms? That's what I got when I googled worm curl thin.
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