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Just saw the strangest ?earthworm?, around 1inch long, white, about 1mm to 2mm diameter and SUPER fast moving. I’ve never seen anything like this, I struggled to catch it ‘cause it moved that fast, then lost it. I know there are different types of earthworm but is this a native wriggler or should I have tried harder to catch it and dispose of it.

I’m not sure, Myrkk, could it be a type of flatworm….might pay to google it and see if you can find a matching picture!

I’ve googled to no avail OH. Did you know there is an earthworm society of Britain! Www.earthwormsoc.org.uk ? currently on their site having a wee search and have joined a facebook earthworm group too lol. Must admit to having a wee soft spot for our little wrigglers.

No I didn't know there was such a thing, Myrrk…..I love earth worms too!

Blimey who'd have known there was a society or a site! Hopefully they will have a 'contact us' page so you can get a definitive idea of what it is. There are so many bad things finding their way to the UK like the Asian Hornet & the New Zealand flatworm, no worry to us but the Hornet wipes out the bee hives & the Worms feed on our earthworms with potential to change our eco climate.

I know Westi, it’s a worry. Sadly I don’t have a picture of it as I was too busy trying to catch it.

So the thought is it was the larval stage of a parasitic fly, stiletto fly and from the images it looks about right