1. Jumpers are easy to care for. They can be bin raised just like other species (red worm and European nightcrawler). The added advantage to these worms is that they can and do thrive in ground set ups like raised beds or planters.
2. Strength- These fellas can handle tougher soil types like clay and sand better than other worms. This strength makes them the only candidate most worm farmers would dare add directly to the garden.
3. They can take the heat. In Texas I have to keep my reds and euros cool in the summer and sometimes a shady spot just isn’t cool enough. They prefer the A/C and sometimes that is not an option. My Jumpers are mainly kept in raised beds in the shade. With temps over 100 degrees F throughout the summer, Jumpers continue to reproduce when other worms shut down.
4. Versatile- Their strength and tolerance to heat make them more suitable for hotter summers. Jumpers ability to be outside in raised beds or bins gives you the flexibility to try all sorts of set ups with greater success.
5. Performance- Over my years of raising Texas Jumpers they have endured through some cold winters (for Texas) and some hot/dry summers. Although the spring and fall can yield loads of eggs from the red worms and European nightcrawlers, the entire year production champion (in my experience) is the Jumper.
Texas Jumpers 
I’m not sure what species you are calling the Texas Jumpers. I can only assume that it is the Indian Blue Worm from the pictures and description. The Alabama Jumper is a different species. I thought I had the AJ’s but infact, I have the blue worms. These worms can take over a redworm bin rather easily. It is only the low resistance to temperatures below 45° that I can maintain a bin with redworms. Blue worms produce up to 22 eggs a week. The eggs hatch about 15 days after being laid.
The Texas Jumper and Alabama Jumper are the same species. Not India Blue.
Are you folks still in business ?
I’m looking for 5,000 large jumper worms
Mike Jenkins
608 Danos St
Raceland, La 70394
985.227.0288
mike@barracudaoiltools.com
Yes, I’ll reach out by phone later today.
Hey, quick question, are these the same type of worms that freak out if you handle them and sometimes drop their own tails? Looking for those for fishing bait.
Thank you!
Yes
I am confused with the different information on the internet. Some say these guys destroy the soil because they live and eat only on the top couple inches and eat up all the leaves and organic matter too quickly. Some say these are good for aeration. I don’t see they can be good aerators if they do not go deep into the ground. These are invasive worms, these jumpers. Seems a conflict of interest. Some say that they are not good for compost bins. They also are said to decimate the red wiggler populations.
They live here in Texas and have for some time. They live here in some tough conditions (soil type and temps). They are much deeper than a few inches. These are facts I have observed first hand. Red wigglers cannot survive in the soil where I live.
Keep them in Texas! Read this: “Watch now: Now there’s concern about invasive worms…”
https://pantagraph.com/news/local/education/watch-now-now-theres-concern-about-invasive-worms-in-central-illinois-copy/article_9dfa7f94-3b94-5d76-8d69-0f499a2a8918.html?utm_source=pantagraph.com&utm_campaign=%2Fnewsletter-templates%2Fbreaking&utm_medium=PostUp&utm_content=86d853d373719e8fd6c5c89b6efb7cd19f1945e6