Like the red wigglers, other species of worms used in composting are often red in color. The striped species are often referred to as tiger worms. Studies on organic farms have shown that these ...

Thus, most earthworms we see, including red wigglers used as bait, and those sold for vermicomposting worm bins, are invasive species. Invasives do better in human-disturbed environments.

It’s an active time for the worms we most frequently see: the red wigglers. The red wigglers are the fishing worms attached to hooks to snare an outdoor dinner. They are also critical to soil tilth.

There are over 7,000 known species of earthworms. Some are purple. Some live 22 feet down in the soil. Some are nine feet long. Red wigglers, Eisenia fetida, are found ...

An overly enthusiastic composter could end up with a smelly bin. It takes 2,000 red wigglers to consume a pound of food a day. Gauge your worm quantity needs by the volume of your household scraps.

Some things red wigglers can be fed are vegetables, fruits, eggshells, coffee grounds and shredded coffee filters. They prefer watermelon rinds, pumpkin and cantaloupe.

Red wigglers eat or chew 90 percent of what you give them and that includes newsprint, plain cardboard, egg shells, daffodil leaves, spent flowers, vegetable leftovers, coffee grounds and animal fur.

Local news News Earthworms worth their weight in (black) gold Haleta Labuschagne said Red wiggler earthworms, scientifically known as Eisenia fetida, are not your garden variety worms and are ...

They arrived early on a Tuesday morning in a cardboard box. “1000 Red Worms,” read the label in large letters printed beneath the USPS tracking number. Return address: Uncle Jim’s Worm Farm.

David Shaw, a 6-foot-4, 307-pound defensive lineman at Maryland, was raised in the family business of raising earthworms for composting and fishing bait. (Doug Kapustin/For The Washington Post) ...

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- Fresno State has turned to a group of very efficient workers to help clean up wastewater on the campus dairy. Red earthworms now play a big role in the effort to solve ...