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.
In soil, hookworm eggs hatch and form larvae, which then burrow through the skin of a personâs foot and crawl into the blood. The blood carries the larvae to the lungs, where they enter into the air sacs. The hookworms then crawl up the breathing tubes to the throat, where they are swallowed. The larvae pass through the stomach and mature into adult worms in the bowel. The worm holds onto the bowel wall with hooks, which cause minor bleeding.