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Kōrero: Earthworms

Megascolecid worm

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Megascolecid worm

Megascolecid worms are native worms found in forest soils. Some species live in leaf litter, others burrow in the topsoil and forage on litter, and some live in the subsoil and eat soil and dead roots.

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Soil Bugs – An Illustrated Guide to New Zealand Soil Invertebrates

by Alastair Robertson and Maria Minor

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Gregor Yeates, Earthworms – Earthworms in New Zealand, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/15495/megascolecid-worm (accessed 25 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Gregor Yeates, i tāngia i te 1 March 2009.