![]() Most of the earthworms in these areas are invasive species introduced from Europe and Asia.Īs winter ends and spring begins, the daily periods of sunlight continue to lengthen, changing at their fastest around the equinox on March 20. After these glaciers melted about 12,000 years ago the more northern forests grew back without earthworms. When glaciers covered the northern part of North America they wiped out the native earthworms. It makes sense that only the southern tribes called this the Worm Moon. The more southern tribes called this the Worm Moon after the earthworm casts that appeared as the ground thawed. Other northern names were the Crust Moon, because the snow cover became crusted from thawing by day and freezing by night, or the Sap (or Sugar) Moon as this was the time for tapping maple trees. The more northern tribes of the northeastern United States knew this as the Crow Moon, with the cawing of crows signaling the end of winter. According to this almanac, as the full moon in March the tribes of the northeastern United States called this the Crow, Crust, Sap, Sugar, or Worm Moon. The Maine Farmers' Almanac began publishing Native American names for full moons in the 1930s and these names are now widely known and used.
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