{"id":1490272,"date":"2022-05-24T15:59:40","date_gmt":"2022-05-24T19:59:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1490272"},"modified":"2022-05-24T15:59:52","modified_gmt":"2022-05-24T19:59:52","slug":"they-jump-and-thrash-destructive-asian-jumping-worms-invade-california","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/they-jump-and-thrash-destructive-asian-jumping-worms-invade-california\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018They Jump And Thrash\u2019: Destructive Asian Jumping Worms Invade California"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fthey-jump-and-thrash-destructive-asian-jumping-worms-invade-california%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1490272&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>People are fleeing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/california\">California<\/a>, but the Asian jumping worm \u2013 an aggressive species that can jump a foot into the air \u2013 has just arrived.<\/p>\n<p>The worm, known to scientists as <em>Amynthas agrestis<\/em>, is invasive, aggressive, and has an insatiable appetite. It has shown up in 34 states so far, but its newly discovered presence in the Golden State has farmers, gardeners, and forestry experts worried. The hyper-aggressive worms eat massive amounts of topsoil and render it into a grainy dirt likened to coffee grounds, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.accuweather.com\/en\/weather-news\/aggressive-asian-jumping-worms-showing-up-in-california\/1191422\">AccuWeather.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-block content-module\">\u201cTrue to their name, they jump and thrash immediately when handled, behaving more like a threatened snake than a worm, sometimes even breaking and shedding their tail when caught,\u201d the <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.cdfa.ca.gov\/Section3162\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Amynthas-agrestis_ADA_PRP.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">California Department of Food and Agriculture<\/a> wrote in a report.<\/p>\n[embedded content]\n<p class=\"paragraph-block content-module\">The jumping worm is native to\u00a0Japan and the Korean Peninsula, but showed up in American dirt in Wisconsin in 2013, likely after stowing away in potted plants, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fs.usda.gov\/features\/invasive-jumping-worms-can-change-their-world\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">U.S. Department of Agriculture<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-block content-module\">\u201cJumping worms are voracious feeders and can devour such a thick organic mat so as to deplete it completely in 2-5 years,\u201d the California agency noted. \u201cAlso, by clearing the forest floors of understory plants and leaf debris, the worms encourage erosion and provide more accessible avenues for infection by other invasive species of organisms.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In a recent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fs.usda.gov\/features\/invasive-jumping-worms-can-change-their-world#:~:text=They%20are%20considered%20non%2Dnative,potting%20mixes%20or%20potted%20plants.\">blog post<\/a>, U.S. Forest Service researcher Mac Callaham painted a grim picture of the worm from hell.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAsian jumping worms can eat all of it,\u201d he wrote. \u201cThey are never satiated. \u201cSoil is the foundation of life, and Asian jumping worms change it. In fact, earthworms can have such huge impacts that they\u2019re able to actually reengineer the ecosystems around them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The best way to stop the invasion may be to bake the worms in their cocoons, according to a 2019 study by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedaily.com\/releases\/2019\/06\/190620121357.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">University of Wisconsin-Madison<\/a>. The study found that the cocoons were extremely sensitive to heat, and that temperatures between 81 and 100 degrees Fahrenheit might be enough to finish them off before they can ravage the earth.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-block content-module\">According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.accuweather.com\/en\/weather-forecasts\/accuweather-2022-us-summer-forecast\/1178198\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">AccuWeather\u2019s summer forecast<\/a>, a hot summer season is expected in California, which could make the state\u2019s soil hot enough to kill off the next generation of the ravenous worm.<\/p>\n<p>The destructive worm gives Golden State residents yet another reason to flee, adding to rampant homelessness, skyrocketing crime and high taxes. The state population declined last year for the second year in a row, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/californias-population-declines-for-the-2nd-year-in-a-row\">The Daily Wire recently reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>People are fleeing California, but the Asian jumping worm \u2013 an aggressive species that can jump a foot into the air \u2013 has just arrived. The worm, known to scientists as Amynthas agrestis, is invasive, aggressive, and has an insatiable appetite. It has shown up in 34 states so far, but its newly discovered presence &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":729,"featured_media":1490308,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1490272","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1490272","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/729"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1490272"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1490272\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1490308"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1490272"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1490272"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1490272"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}