![]() "It's really cool that potentially a few more Giant Palouse Earthworms have been found on the ground surface here in the Palouse," stated David Hall of the Palouse Prairie Foundation. In 2010, another university graduate student, along with a research support scientist, found two more worms that were eventually confirmed. The Giant Palouse Earthworm was considered by some scientists to be extinct until a 2005 discovery by a University of Idaho graduate student in Albion, WA. ![]() I'm very confident that these three new specimens are also the rare Giant Palouse Earthworm." ![]() "Since then, I have been searching for more but have been unsuccessful, until the other day. "I submitted two specimens to the University of Idaho from Paradise Ridge in 2012," said Cass Davis. The finding occurred over the past weekend on Paradise Ridge. They were reportedly abundant in the late 1800's around the Palouse.Ĭass Davis of Latah County discovered what he believes are three specimens of the extremely rare Giant Palouse Earthworm. ![]() The worms' burrows are as deep as 15 feet. Threatened by habitat loss (Palouse bunchgrass prairie) and non-native worm species. Is a large, pinkish-white earthworm as much as 3 feet long, said to smell like lilies when handled. Giant Palouse Earthworm ( Driloleirus americanus) ![]()
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