I walked up the driveway on an errand and I noticed worm tracks all over the areas that were not rocky. OK, you say worms don't have any feet so how do they leave tracks? Well, they leave tracks the same way snakes leave tracks. Worm tracks look like small, rounded grooves in the loose dirt. Take a close look at the picture below and see if you can see worm tracks:
Don't forget that you can click on any picture to enlarge it. The picture below was cropped off the bottom center of the one above. So now you will not have to enlarge the picture above. They were really busy going back and forth and up and down. I wonder if they were having an "All worms' lives matter" parade. (grin)
And this next one is cropped from the above cropped picture to give you an even closer view:
This next view shows a different and larger section that also has worm tracks.
And I also found this guy. He was bigger than the other two:
Well, I hope my blog posting with all the fast and furious critters chasing the vehicles up and down my driveway, was not too much for you and didn't take your breath away. I will try to have a slower paced posting the next time, but for now, you all have a great day, you hear?
Track 'em down and go fishing. :)
ReplyDeleteNow that sounds like a plan to me.
DeleteThat is so cool. I have never noticed worm tracks before. Guess I need to "slow down and smell the roses" and look around more. Thanks for some cool pictures.
ReplyDeleteIt is always best to "slow down and smell the roses". There also has to be the right kind of environment for the worms and the dirt texture.
DeleteFish and bird food restaurant.
ReplyDeleteThey have to get them in a hurry, since the 99 degree weather dries them out very fast and they become worm jerky.
DeleteYou are very observant. I doubt I would have noticed them, even in my good-eyesight days.
ReplyDeleteI grew up loving nature and even when I was a little boy, would go off and play in the woods, so I learned early in life to observe nature. I felt safer in the woods than in any city or town.
DeleteDid you have a serious rain that chased them above ground? That's the only time I've seen worm tracks. Makes me wonder where they were headed and did they make it. Yeah. I even worry about worms.
ReplyDeleteNope, no rain. A few of them were still above ground. If they didn't get under ground quickly, they would have fried in the hot Texas sun.
DeleteI grew up loving nature too, and I see things like that too. I asked this little girl about 10 a few weeks ago, if she had ever caught the doodle bugs, and she acted like she didn't even know what they were. I used to watch red ants too, after I put some in a glass gallon jar of dirt. Read about them and bees. Still love it, and showed the little ones I was around those things too.
ReplyDeleteWe used to have a lot of those doodle bugs around here. Now, I can't even find one of their funnel shaped holes.
DeleteStampede! Running with the worms. Reminds me of that movie "Dune".
ReplyDeleteNow why didn't I think of that. . .
DeleteNow there is no excuse not to go fishing!
ReplyDeleteNo, except the heat. I think I will stay in the AC most of the day. Already did my outside chores this morning.
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