The warmer temperatures have gardeners across the state getting their beds ready and planting seedlings. Part of that work is keeping plants protected from critters that might snack on them, like bunnies, deer or insects. And there’s a newer threat in town: an invasive species that has become common in the state. They are called jumping worms and they are causing quite a stir with soil and plants.

Erin Buccholz, an integrated pest management specialist at the Minnesota Landscape Arboretum, joins MPR News host Nina Moini to explain.