Blue-grey worm (Octolasion cyaneum)

Habitat
Found in pasture and arable land, gardens and woodlands. Lives in the topsoil.

Diet
Eats soil

Size
Typical size of adult is 10cm

Characteristics

• The body from the first segment to the saddle is partly or entirely pale in colour
• Can vary from faint blue-grey to a pale rosy pink colour
• Distinct yellow tail (last four or five segments)
• May have a lilac blue line on the upper surface