Asian jumping worms were recently discovered in the Maritimes for the first time.
The worms, native to east and southeast Asia, were recently discovered in the Maritimes for the first time, in New Brunswick, and also in a tropical house plant in Nova Scotia.
The worms are a problem, she said, because they grow in larger population densities than their European counterparts. The worms end up depleting the soil of nutrients required by plants and other organisms living in it.
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