Zucchini can be dark or light green. A related hybrid, the golden zucchini, is a deep yellow or orange color. In a culinary context, zucchini is treated as a vegetable; it is usually cooked and presented as a savory dish or accompaniment. Botanically, zucchinis are fruits, a type of botanical berry called a pepo, being the swollen ovary of the zucchini flower. Zucchini, like all squash, has its ancestry in the Americas.
Worms lay eggs in the soil. Most earthworms are not native in a lot of places in North America, especially the northern latitudes and coniferous forests. Virginia should have lots of worms. The nightcrawlers and the red worms that are the most common in gardens are both European species.
Only one generation of inch worms is born every year. Adult moths lay their eggs in the winter, leaving them on twigs and tree limbs in clusters of 50 or more. The eggs are cylindrical, gray and have brown tops. After the eggs hatch in April or early May, the caterpillars feed for four or five weeks.