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How did earthworms get to Illinois?

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10y ago
Updated: 8/21/2019

The only native earthworms in Illinois are red worm Eisenia fetida and the nightcrawler Lumbricus terrestris. Other earthworms have come from Europe in soil samples, food supplies, other ship cargo.

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