COMMUNITY RESOURCES ON JUMPING WORMS

How to Identify, Prevent, and Remove Jumping Worms

Videos

How to identify jumping worms – a short video on what jumping worms look like and damage they cause.

Operation Mustard – this short video will show you how to flush out jumping worms and remove them

Asian Jumping Worm 2025 Update - excellent, comprehensive video with Bob Bruner from Purdue University.

How to Get Rid of Asian Jumping Worms, the evil twin of earthworms – short video that contrasts jumping worms vs earthworms, what jumping worms do to the soil, and how to solarize them

Spread, Impact and Control of Jumping Worms – long, but highly informative talk with Q & A, organized by URI Cooperative Extension. The presenter is Josef Gorres, Ecological Soil Management, University of Vermont.

Articles

Plant Sale Recommendations to Reduce Jumping Worm Spread – short article to help plant sale organizers and participants limit the spread of invasive jumping worms

Rhode Island Federation of Garden Clubs Jumping Worm Survey – Results of surveys/discussion sessions in 2025-2026 with Rhode Island garden clubs. Shares concerns about jumping worms, plant sales, and action steps being taken.

Jumping/Crazy/Snake Worms – short article on how to identify (good ID chart), life cycle, prevention, and what to do if you have them. From University of Massachusetts Extension.

Jumping ‘snake worms’ are invading U.S. forests – Article on the damaging effects that jumping worms are doing to our woodlands and our ecosystem.

Invasive Jumping Worm Frequently Asked Questions - Every question you could think of about jumping worms is answered in the Q&A from UMASS Extensions 2022 Jumping Worm Conference.