Found in the soil, litter layer, under stones.
Can be found all year round depending on the weather.
Up to 30 cm long - the one on the left is still in its cocoon.
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Found in the mud in ditches and streams.
Can be found all year round, but most easily seen in the warmer months.
Length 10 - 75 mm long, but much of this may be hidden in its burrow.
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This earthworm is commoner in wetter soils.
Octolasion cyaneum's colour ranges from blue to purple to pink. It is redder at the front, and has a few yellow segments at the rear.
Fully grown it is 8 - 14 cm long.