EWWWWWWW X6!
EWWWWWWWWWW X6! It's been raining for the past 2 days here, so the worms are popping out of the ground as usual making everything stink like rotting fresh meat. Out of curiosity, I Googled why worms do come out when it rains only to die later when the Sun comes out, and I found I shouldn't have looked.
Wormologist Richard Wahl of Shippensburg University in Pennsylvania writes: "Worms breed when it rains. They come out of the ground to find each other and to lie side by side in a mating posture, a difficult thing to do in the confines of their burrows. [And we complain about the back of a Ford!] The only time earthworms can safely come to the surface to breed is when the ground is thoroughly soaked."
In other words, I'm smelling a worm ORGY outside in addition to the dead meat! And I thought the boxelder bug orgies in the fall were bad with 2 bugs just 'doing it' right in front of me sometimes (for me to smush) and females laying eggs bright red eggs all over the outside of our house!
Wormologist Richard Wahl of Shippensburg University in Pennsylvania writes: "Worms breed when it rains. They come out of the ground to find each other and to lie side by side in a mating posture, a difficult thing to do in the confines of their burrows. [And we complain about the back of a Ford!] The only time earthworms can safely come to the surface to breed is when the ground is thoroughly soaked."
In other words, I'm smelling a worm ORGY outside in addition to the dead meat! And I thought the boxelder bug orgies in the fall were bad with 2 bugs just 'doing it' right in front of me sometimes (for me to smush) and females laying eggs bright red eggs all over the outside of our house!