Lumbricidae Essays

  • The Lumbricus Terrestris: Common Earthworms

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    The Lumbricus Terrestris is the scientific term for the common Earthworm, and is otherwise known in the United States as the Nightcrawler. Earning this name due their habit of not appearing above ground to eat until the dark hours of the day, these segmented worms made up of annuli have the ability to dig six and a half feet deep into the soil. They commonly become seven to eight centimeters in length, and spend a lot of their time eating using their mouth which is located in the first segment of