<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail-bi6gxh9e" style="margin-bottom:8px;font-family:system-ui,-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,".SFNSText-Regular",sans-serif;color:rgb(5,5,5);font-size:18px"><span class="gmail-d2edcug0 gmail-hpfvmrgz gmail-qv66sw1b gmail-c1et5uql gmail-oi732d6d gmail-ik7dh3pa gmail-ht8s03o8 gmail-jq4qci2q gmail-a3bd9o3v gmail-b1v8xokw gmail-oo9gr5id" style="line-height:1.3333;word-wrap:break-word;max-width:100%;min-width:0px;font-family:inherit;font-size:0.9375rem;word-break:break-word">Jumping worms have been confirmed in Ontario. These worms have been identified by Dr. Michael McTavish -(S.M. Smith Forest Health Lab) and Dr. John W. Reynolds (Oligochaetology Laboratory). Dr. Mctavish writes:

 “Altogether, the five collections captured four species of pheretimoid jumping worm, including two that were found in that initial 2014 Essex County collection (<span style="font-family:inherit"><i>Amynthas agrestis, Amynthas hilgendorfi syn. Metaphire hilgendorfi</i></span>) and two new species that have not yet been recorded in Canada (<span style="font-family:inherit"><i>Amynthas minimus, Pithemere bicincta</i></span>). The distribution is as follows:</span></div><div class="gmail-bi6gxh9e" style="margin-bottom:8px;font-family:system-ui,-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,".SFNSText-Regular",sans-serif;color:rgb(5,5,5);font-size:18px"><span class="gmail-d2edcug0 gmail-hpfvmrgz gmail-qv66sw1b gmail-c1et5uql gmail-oi732d6d gmail-ik7dh3pa gmail-ht8s03o8 gmail-jq4qci2q gmail-a3bd9o3v gmail-b1v8xokw gmail-oo9gr5id" style="line-height:1.3333;word-wrap:break-word;max-width:100%;min-width:0px;font-family:inherit;font-size:0.9375rem;word-break:break-word">Wheatley:<span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span><span style="font-family:inherit"><i>A. hilgendorfi, A. minimus</i></span></span></div><div class="gmail-bi6gxh9e" style="margin-bottom:8px;font-family:system-ui,-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,".SFNSText-Regular",sans-serif;color:rgb(5,5,5);font-size:18px"><span class="gmail-d2edcug0 gmail-hpfvmrgz gmail-qv66sw1b gmail-c1et5uql gmail-oi732d6d gmail-ik7dh3pa gmail-ht8s03o8 gmail-jq4qci2q gmail-a3bd9o3v gmail-b1v8xokw gmail-oo9gr5id" style="line-height:1.3333;word-wrap:break-word;max-width:100%;min-width:0px;font-family:inherit;font-size:0.9375rem;word-break:break-word">Dundas:<span style="font-family:inherit"><i><span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span>A. agrestis, A. minimus</i></span></span></div><div class="gmail-bi6gxh9e" style="margin-bottom:8px;font-family:system-ui,-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,".SFNSText-Regular",sans-serif;color:rgb(5,5,5);font-size:18px"><span class="gmail-d2edcug0 gmail-hpfvmrgz gmail-qv66sw1b gmail-c1et5uql gmail-oi732d6d gmail-ik7dh3pa gmail-ht8s03o8 gmail-jq4qci2q gmail-a3bd9o3v gmail-b1v8xokw gmail-oo9gr5id" style="line-height:1.3333;word-wrap:break-word;max-width:100%;min-width:0px;font-family:inherit;font-size:0.9375rem;word-break:break-word">East York:<span style="font-family:inherit"><i><span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span>A. hilgendorfi, Pithmere bicincta</i></span></span></div><div class="gmail-bi6gxh9e" style="margin-bottom:8px;font-family:system-ui,-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,".SFNSText-Regular",sans-serif;color:rgb(5,5,5);font-size:18px"><span class="gmail-d2edcug0 gmail-hpfvmrgz gmail-qv66sw1b gmail-c1et5uql gmail-oi732d6d gmail-ik7dh3pa gmail-ht8s03o8 gmail-jq4qci2q gmail-a3bd9o3v gmail-b1v8xokw gmail-oo9gr5id" style="line-height:1.3333;word-wrap:break-word;max-width:100%;min-width:0px;font-family:inherit;font-size:0.9375rem;word-break:break-word">Toronto:<span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span><span style="font-family:inherit"><i>A. agrestis</i></span></span></div><div class="gmail-bi6gxh9e" style="margin-bottom:8px;font-family:system-ui,-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,".SFNSText-Regular",sans-serif;color:rgb(5,5,5);font-size:18px"><span class="gmail-d2edcug0 gmail-hpfvmrgz gmail-qv66sw1b gmail-c1et5uql gmail-oi732d6d gmail-ik7dh3pa gmail-ht8s03o8 gmail-jq4qci2q gmail-a3bd9o3v gmail-b1v8xokw gmail-oo9gr5id" style="line-height:1.3333;word-wrap:break-word;max-width:100%;min-width:0px;font-family:inherit;font-size:0.9375rem;word-break:break-word">Blythwood Ravine:<span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span><span style="font-family:inherit"><i>A. hilgendorfi</i></span></span></div><div class="gmail-bi6gxh9e" style="margin-bottom:8px;font-family:system-ui,-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,".SFNSText-Regular",sans-serif;color:rgb(5,5,5);font-size:18px"><span class="gmail-d2edcug0 gmail-hpfvmrgz gmail-qv66sw1b gmail-c1et5uql gmail-oi732d6d gmail-ik7dh3pa gmail-ht8s03o8 gmail-jq4qci2q gmail-a3bd9o3v gmail-b1v8xokw gmail-oo9gr5id" style="line-height:1.3333;word-wrap:break-word;max-width:100%;min-width:0px;font-family:inherit;font-size:0.9375rem;word-break:break-word">We are currently putting together a short paper on these observations (Reynolds and McTavish, in prep.).”</span></div><div class="gmail-bi6gxh9e" style="margin-bottom:8px;font-family:system-ui,-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,".SFNSText-Regular",sans-serif;color:rgb(5,5,5);font-size:18px">These worms will have unknown consequences for urban forests. Please report sightings to Dr. McTavish and your local Canadian Food Inspection Agency office (CFIA) Tel: 647-790-110.</div><div class="gmail-bi6gxh9e" style="margin-bottom:8px;font-family:system-ui,-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,".SFNSText-Regular",sans-serif;color:rgb(5,5,5);font-size:18px"><span class="gmail-NLM_string-name" style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Montserrat,sans-serif;font-size:14px">Learn more about potential impacts: Jean-David Moore</span><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Montserrat,sans-serif;font-size:14px">,<span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span class="gmail-NLM_string-name" style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Montserrat,sans-serif;font-size:14px">Josef H. Görres</span><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Montserrat,sans-serif;font-size:14px">, and<span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span class="gmail-NLM_string-name" style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Montserrat,sans-serif;font-size:14px">John W. Reynolds</span><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Montserrat,sans-serif;font-size:14px">. 2017. Exotic Asian pheretimoid earthworms (</span><i style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Montserrat,sans-serif;font-size:14px">Amynthas</i><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Montserrat,sans-serif;font-size:14px"><span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span>spp.,<span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><i style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Montserrat,sans-serif;font-size:14px">Metaphire</i><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Montserrat,sans-serif;font-size:14px"><span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span>spp.): Potential for colonisation of south-eastern Canada and effects on forest ecosystems.<span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><i style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Montserrat,sans-serif;font-size:14px">Environmental Reviews</i><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Montserrat,sans-serif;font-size:14px">.<span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Montserrat,sans-serif;font-size:14px">26</span><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Montserrat,sans-serif;font-size:14px">(2): 113-120.<span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a href="https://doi.org/10.1139/er-2017-0066" style="box-sizing:border-box;text-decoration-skip:objects;color:inherit;text-decoration:none;font-family:Montserrat,sans-serif;font-size:14px">https://doi.org/10.1139/er-2017-0066</a> <a href="https://www.researchgate.net/publication/321636493_Exotic_Asian_pheretimoid_earthworms_Amynthas_spp_Metaphire_spp_Potential_for_colonisation_of_south-eastern_Canada_and_effects_on_forest_ecosystems">https://www.researchgate.net/publication/321636493_Exotic_Asian_pheretimoid_earthworms_Amynthas_spp_Metaphire_spp_Potential_for_colonisation_of_south-eastern_Canada_and_effects_on_forest_ecosystems</a><br></div><div class="gmail-bi6gxh9e" style="margin-bottom:8px;font-family:system-ui,-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,".SFNSText-Regular",sans-serif;color:rgb(5,5,5);font-size:18px"><br></div><div class="gmail-bi6gxh9e" style="margin-bottom:8px;font-family:system-ui,-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,".SFNSText-Regular",sans-serif;color:rgb(5,5,5);font-size:18px">Best regards,</div><div class="gmail-bi6gxh9e" style="margin-bottom:8px;font-family:system-ui,-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,".SFNSText-Regular",sans-serif;color:rgb(5,5,5);font-size:18px">Catherine Kavassalis</div><div class="gmail-bi6gxh9e" style="margin-bottom:8px;font-family:system-ui,-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,".SFNSText-Regular",sans-serif;color:rgb(5,5,5);font-size:18px">MGOI.ca</div></div>