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New key to British earthworms

New Key to British Earthworms

Earthworm identification has now never been easier thanks to a new key to the British species.  Emma Sherlock, curator of free living worms at the Natural History Museum, London, and ESB President, has written a new key to earthworms.  This is a user-friendly key and is ideal for those who have never identified earthworms before.  It will be a full colour publication with lots of brand new photos to aid in identification.  It will also include lots of useful advice about earthworm sampling and preservation, so it will be a useful guide for the earthworm enthusiast.  It is currently in its testing stage and is available from the Field Studies Council website here: www.field-studies-council.org/publications/aidgaptesters.asp  The full key will be publsih later, once testing has been successfully completed.