Hibbs said people can raise their soil’s temperature through solarization - a process that uses clear plastic to trap the sun’s heat - to 93 degrees for five minutes to eradicate hammerhead worms. “There is really no chemical you can use to treat for them.” “They’re an invasive species, but what I like to remind people is that they’ve been here for around 100 years,” Hibbs siad. Over the past two weeks, Hibbs said he has received concerned calls about this strange-looking worm, most of which have posed the question: How do I get rid of them? Hibbs said like earthworms, hammerhead worms often migrate to the surface after wet weather events. They’re often yellow or green in color with a few dark stripes running down their bodies and can grow up to a foot in length. According to Garrett Hibbs, Hall County UGA cooperative extension agent, this invasive species is commonly known as the hammerhead worm, a native resident of Southeast Asia. This slippery fellow is not a snake, nor a monster from a science fiction novel. Don’t be alarmed if you see a foot-long slithering creature with a head shaped like a half moon pop up in your yard after a long rain.
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