Can someone help me ID these worms

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Freezekougra

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Just went digging in the backyard :O
I seem to have found 2 diff types of worms.
A few are elongated and thin and you can see brown stuff inside(intestinal tract?), looks sort of like coils
One is reddish with a band of "fat" around its neck

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Freezekougra;4024669; said:
I have one that's like this(with the "band"), composting worm e.fetida?

It's an earth worm. lol.
 
I can't ID worms on sight, but your guess of E. fetida is fairly likely. Lumbricus and Aporrectodea are two other common northeastern genera. The "fat" is actually a reproductive structure; when the worm lays eggs, it deposits them in this clitellum and sheds the whole thing, then grows a new one.
 
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