On Tuesday, officials reported that a foreign worm that has a big appetite and is largely referred to as the Asian crazy worms has been found in the University of Wisconsin-Madison Arboretum.

This Arboretum is spread over 1,260 acres and is located at 1207 Seminole Highway, Madison, Wisconsin. The Arboretum is open to the public daily without charge.

This Asian Crazy worm was discovered by chance by Arboretum employees last October. They were on a field trip to show visitors night-crawlers, a worm from Europe that has been there for centuries. To get out this particular European work, the employees had poured mustard water on the soil, which is the preferred method of drawing crawlers to the surface. They were surprised when they saw the Asian worm as until that moment they had no idea that this worm existed in the state.

This Asian worm was easily distinguished from the European worm as it was much darker in color than the pale and pinker European earthworm and also different from the common worm found all across the state. Also, the Asian worm had smooth and flat band of milky white, which were very different from the raised, ridged band found on European earthworms.

This Asian worm has been referred to as "crazy" because it flops and wriggles vigorously when handled. It is believed that this worm first came to the US from its native areas in Japan and Korea in the soil of plants imported for landscaping.