Unusual Worms Alarm Some in North Alabama

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Seems odd that it is recommended to "leave it alone" if you find one. I would think you would want to remove as many as you possibly could to help keep the numbers down... They may not be a big problem right now, but someday we will all say "I wish we had done more to prevent them from taking over".
I would grab them (with gloves if necessary) and place them in a jar with a cover and set it in the sun to cook. Possibly not the best or nicest way to kill it but better than leaving them to breed and make matters worse.

Dwayne of ME 6:25PM May 29, 2012

Live outside of the New Orleans area and found one today. Hence the reason why I'm on this site. I have never seen something like this in my science books when I was growing up.

Jason of LA 4:38PM May 16, 2012

I just found one next to my pool and I live in South Carolina.

ben smith of SC 10:01AM May 15, 2012

We found a small hammerhead worm on our pourch after a rain yesterday. It really suprised us. We live in the Rio Grand Valley in lower Texas.

Mary Kay Garcia of TX 12:32PM April 21, 2012

Had them in Arkansas last summer.

Joe of AR 11:09PM February 08, 2012

I found one stuck to my dogs hair, could not get it out without taking the hair with
it. First one Iv'e ever seen.

jim oyler of TX 4:33PM December 14, 2011

My cousin called me this morning and told me she found one in her backyard and we are all in Barbados!!!! These things are travelling far!

Tammy 8:12AM November 30, 2011

Very intersting worm, these hammerheads! I got interersted in finding out more since I recently came across one while walking near a manmade stream and pond in Riverside, Southern California. I have seen all kinds and normally pay attention to their differences, but found this hammerhead too exotic to be indigenous to this part of the world. So, just for reporting purposes, there is at least one in this area and you know what they say! Were you find one, there is bound to be more.

Sassan of CA 12:40AM October 23, 2011

it is weird looking the hammer head of it was looking like a mouth shoveling in dirt it was about an inch and half long clean as it moved it would flatten to a FLAT T HING like a snake i was seeing as a kid... the mouth opened as if it was scooping in what it was traveling through I HAD IT IN A SAND WICH BAGGIE ... when the "mouth quit scooping it owuld close back in to the hammer head thing it was frightening also i had never seen this kind of worm how do i search AISAN WORMS>>> i do hope we didnt transport a bad worme over here to infest out soil with something that seems harmeless but will change things... ME

marceme of TX 5:05AM August 03, 2011

i got a plant at home depot i was planting it in a large pot and found a weird thing crawling on bottom of pot i never saw anything like it i thought it was a babysnake it was almost clear with long black line in it i have seen snakes like that.. thinking it was the intestine i stop freeking got a baggie and put the snake in there i went to library. DIDNT GET THIER HELP I came home to search it and found this article says it is NOTHING DANGEROUS TO PETS AND HUMANS>>>> but to earthworms ... it comes up when rain hits... i had a very watered plant i figured it was just comeing out i dont know where home depot bought the plant so could figure where the worm came from... ARTICLE SAYS THAT THEY ARE NATIVE TO ASIA or japan... i dont want my earth worms killed... I LOVE THEM THEY ARE SO HELP FUL to me... MY HUSBAND KILLED IT>>> it looked like it was opening the hammer head part of its body and shoveling in the DIRT. the article was not v ery long or informative all the comments followed the short article i dont have a clue on how to find the worm in japan search>???

MARCEME of TX 4:58AM August 03, 2011