Re: What worm?

In article <dhjnt5$m8r$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, shazzbat
<shazzbat@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes
>Anybody know what kind of a worm this is?
>
>http://photos.wanadoo.co.uk/album/album_photo.html?c_photo=35355269
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>I mostly, but not solely, find them amongst the potatoes. This is about as
>big as I've seen them. The bands are orangey-brown in smaller ones,
>darkening to dark grey at this size. They are dry-skinned, not slimy like a
>normal earthworm. and they're quicker than your average earthworm too, they
>start burrowing back in straight away when exposed.

Not a brilliant photo but it looks like a member of the family
Enchytraeidae - also known as "White worms". Enchytraeidae are related
to earthworms. They live in soil and feed on dead/decaying vegetable
matter. They don't attack healthy plants. The only alternative would be
a Nematode but these are much thinner - more like the thickness of a
hair.

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