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Neurotoxic worms growing up to 3ft long are in Ontario, Canada


Spring has sprung in Ontario, and with temperatures soaring into the high teens this week, there are some warm-weather creepy-crawlies now emerging t…

Native to Asia and deemed invasive in North America, hammerhead worms get their nickname from their distinctive T-shaped heads and dark red stripe running down the length of their squirming, slimy bodies. Hammerhead worms are capable of ecological destruction by preying on native earthworm species, which are totally defenseless against these wriggling carnivores and can easily be killed off in great numbers by just a small population of these invaders. When reports of hammerheads first started stirring up attention in Ontario back in 2022, Rebecca Morton of Toronto-based Armour Pest Control told blogTO that there are some easy and environmentally-friendly methods of dispatching these invaders.

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