Other body colours
Aporrectodea icteria
Common Name: Mottled worm, Ver marbrÈ
Length: 55-135 mm
Habitat: This species has been found in garden soil, meadows, and orchards.
Canadian Distribution: Ontario
Interesting Facts and Features: This species has only been found in two places in North America: Ontario and New York.
Aporrectodea rosea
Common Name: Pink soil worm, Ver rose du sol
Length: 25-85 m
Habitat: This species is commonly found in fields, gardens, pastures, forests, and under leaves and stones. It has also been spotted along the shores of rivers and lakes.
Canadian Distribution: Alberta, British Columbia, Labrador, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, and Quebec
Interesting Facts and Features: This species has a unique flared clitellum, a pink head and a gray body.
Aporrectodea trapezoides
Common Name: Canadian worm, Ver canadien
Length: 90-150 mm
Habitat: This species is widely distributed in most habitats. It has been found in wet areas near streams and springs where there was a large concentration of organic matter. Other sightings include under logs, compost, peat, rocks, ditches, turf, and occasionally in manure.
Canadian Distribution: Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, Quebec, and Saskatchewan.
Interesting Facts and Features: This species is very common in Canada.
Aporrectodea tuberculata
Common Name: Canadian worm, Ver canadien
Length: 90-150 mm
Habitat: This species is widely distributed in most habitats. It has been found in wet areas near streams and springs where there was a large concentration of organic matter. Other sightings include under logs, compost, peat, rocks, ditches, turf, and occasionally in manure.
Canadian Distribution: Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, Quebec, and Saskatchewan.
Interesting Facts and Features: This species is very common in Canada.
Aporrectodea turgida
Common Name: Canadian worm, Ver canadien
Length: 90-150 mm
Habitat: This species is widely distributed in most habitats. It has been found in wet areas near streams and springs where there was a large concentration of organic matter. Other sightings include under logs, compost, peat, rocks, ditches, turf, and occasionally in manure.
Canadian Distribution: Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, Quebec, and Saskatchewan.
Interesting Facts and Features: This species is very common in Canada.
Octolasion cyaneum
Common Name: Woodland blue worm, Ver bleu des bois
Length: 65-180 mm
Habitat: This species has been found under stones, in water, in moss, stream banks, ploughed fields, wet sand and forest soil. This species is also commonly found under logs and rocks near streambeds.
Canadian Distribution: Alberta, British Columbia, New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Quebec, Saskatchewan
Interesting Facts and Features: This species is relatively rare in North America, and it can be recognized by its bluish hue.
Octolasion tyrtaeum
Common Name: Woodland white worm, Ver blanc des bois
Length: 25-130 mm
Habitat: This species is commonly found under stones, logs, peat, leaf mold, compost, forest litter, gardens, cultivated fields, pastures, stream banks, in springs, and around the roots of submerged vegetation.
Canadian Distribution: Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, Nova Scotia, Ontario, and Quebec
Interesting Facts and Features: This earthworm can be recognized by its snub nose, light colour (almost gray), and the long distance between the clitellum and the nose (> 2 cm).
Sparganophilus eiseni
Common Name: American mud worm, Ver amÈricain de la vase
Length: 150-200 mm
Habitat: This species is often found living in muddy areas. Examples of such locations include the muddy banks of streams, rivers, ponds, and lakes.
Canadian Distribution: Ontario
Interesting Facts and Features: This is one of the longest earthworms in Canada, and its clitellum is located unusually close to its nose (