Other body colours

Aporrectodea icteria

Aporrectodea icteriaCommon 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

Aporrectodea roseaCommon 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

Aporrectodea trapezoidesCommon 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

Aporrectodea tuberculataCommon 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

Aporrectodea turgidaCommon 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

Octolasion cyaneumCommon 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

Octolasion tyrtaeumCommon 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

Sparganophilus eiseniCommon 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 (