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Identification

Oligochaeta (angleworms, earthworms, earthworms and their relatives, night crawlers, and oligochaetes)

Oniscidea

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Image of: Oligochaeta (angleworms, earthworms, earthworms and their relatives, night crawlers, and oligochaetes), Oniscidea

Date Taken

2002

Location

Michigan

Caption

Earthworm castings on a log. Earthworm castings are an interesting kind of scat. Earthworms dig tunnels in the ground by eating dirt. They often leave small, neat piles of smooth dirt on the ground. Though this dirt has been through their bodies, it is virtually the same as any other dirt.

Contributors

Tanya Dewey (photographer, copyright holder, identification), Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology

Citation: Myers, P., R. Espinosa, C. S. Parr, T. Jones, G. S. Hammond, and T. A. Dewey. 2006. The Animal Diversity Web (online). Accessed November 25, 2009 at http://animaldiversity.org.
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