I like their dots and their weird little dance. That's why I searched iNaturalist for them. And now they're all going to die by my hand. I'm not a bug murderer by nature. I'm fully catch and release... until now.
My neighbor started an eradication campaign. I had no idea either, so I looked it up. She knew about the jumping worms from living in the southeast US for a while.
Little late in the growing season to pivot.