{"id":8290,"date":"2017-06-06T10:36:06","date_gmt":"2017-06-06T15:36:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/field-station\/?p=8290"},"modified":"2017-06-07T13:58:58","modified_gmt":"2017-06-07T18:58:58","slug":"bugs-news-ii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/field-station\/bug-of-the-week\/bugs-news-ii\/","title":{"rendered":"Bugs in the News II"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Howdy, BugFans,<\/p>\n<div class=\"callout-intext\">\nThe BugLady, who in past years has taken the month of May off for good behavior, has decided to take June off this year.  While she will not be doing any\/much creative writing, she may send some other stuff your way.  Like this article she just wrote for the <em>BogHaunter<\/em>, newsletter of the Friends of the Cedarburg Bog. If you are a member (and you should be), you\u2019ll get to read it twice.  As always, for our purposes, worms are &#8220;bugs.&#8221;\n<\/div>\n<h3><em>Be On The Lookout For&#8230;<\/em><\/h3>\n<p>No, they haven\u2019t been spotted in the Bog or its uplands, but Jumping Worms, a.k.a. \u201ccrazy worms,\u201d \u201csnake worms,\u201d and \u201cAlabama jumpers\u201d, are knocking on the door&mdash;they are established in Wisconsin, and the full extent of their range is not known.  <\/p>\n<h3>Jumping Worms<\/h3>\n<p>Originally from Southeast Asia, the jumping worm was first found in the southern Appalachians in 1993. It was spotted in the UW-Madison Arboretum in 2013, another in a long line of non-native species to make themselves at home here in God\u2019s Country. Since then, multiple infestations have been reported in five Wisconsin counties (including the band from Milwaukee to Dane county), and isolated populations are recorded in about a dozen more.  <\/p>\n<p>They probably arrived in the root balls of trees or in shipments of garden plants. They are spread by community mulching programs, horticultural\/nursery practices, and plant sales. In addition, a quick internet search turns up multiple sites where you can buy jumping worms for composting or bait (it is illegal to sell, introduce, transport, possess or propagate them in Wisconsin).  <\/p>\n<p>All of Wisconsin\u2019s earthworms are foreigners, and while they may help aerate lawns and gardens, they devastate the forest floor.  Earthworms disturb the incredibly important, rich nursery that is produced by the decaying mulch below the trees, making it less friendly to seedlings, wildflowers, and a huge number of animals, large and small. Jumping worms turn this fertile layer into material that resembles coffee grounds and that doesn\u2019t hold moisture.  <\/p>\n<p>Jumping worms, <em>Amynthas agrestis<\/em>, emerge early in spring and aggressively out-compete (and even eliminate) other worm species. They leave cocoons full of eggs in the soil&mdash;eggs that are able to survive our increasingly mild winters.  <\/p>\n<p>Earthworm eradication is very difficult, but we can contain them or minimize the spread.    <\/p>\n<p>See pictures and learn more about them at the <a href=\"http:\/\/dnr.wi.gov\/wnrmag\/2015\/06\/worms.htm\">Wisconsin Natural Resource Magazine<\/a>, and the <a href=\"https:\/\/sewisc.org\/invasives\/invasive-animals\/389-crazy-worm\">Southeastern Wisconsin Invasive Species Consortium<\/a>, and the <a href=\"http:\/\/archive.jsonline.com\/news\/wisconsin\/invasive-jumping-worms-on-the-move-across-state-b99521664z1-309389371.html\">Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Online<\/a>, and report any suspected jumping worms to the DNR.   <\/p>\n<p>And yes&mdash;their names come from their habits of thrashing around on the ground and jumping into the air.  <\/p>\n<p>After a stop and start May, things are bursting. Go outside&mdash;look at bugs.  <\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\n<em>The BugLady<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The BugLady has decided to take June off this year. 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