European nightcrawler
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The European nightcrawler, Eisenia hortensis, is a medium-small worm averaging about 1.5 grams each when fully grown. earthworm
Generally pink-grey in color with a banded or striped appearance. The tip of the tail is often cream or pale yellow. When the species has not been feeding, it is pale pink. The species is usually found in deep woodland litter and garden soils that are rich in organic matter
. Eisenia hortensis is sold primarily as a bait worm, but its popularity as a composting worm is increasing.
Compared to Eisenia fetida, Eisenia hortensis does best in an environment with a higher carbon to nitrogen ratio. This makes it well suited to compost pits high in fibrous materials commonly known as browns.
Dendrobaena Worms Reproductive rate
Earthworm
Earthworm is the common name for the largest members of Oligochaeta in the phylum Annelida. In classical systems they were placed in the order Opisthopora, on the basis of the male pores opening posterior to the female pores, even though the internal male segments are anterior to the female...
Generally pink-grey in color with a banded or striped appearance. The tip of the tail is often cream or pale yellow. When the species has not been feeding, it is pale pink. The species is usually found in deep woodland litter and garden soils that are rich in organic matter
Organic matter
Organic matter is matter that has come from a once-living organism; is capable of decay, or the product of decay; or is composed of organic compounds...
. Eisenia hortensis is sold primarily as a bait worm, but its popularity as a composting worm is increasing.
Compared to Eisenia fetida, Eisenia hortensis does best in an environment with a higher carbon to nitrogen ratio. This makes it well suited to compost pits high in fibrous materials commonly known as browns.
Dendrobaena Worms Reproductive rate
- 1.6 cocoons per adult per week
- 1.1 babies per cocoon
- Net reproduction of 1.4 young per adult per week
- From Egg To Sexual Maturity = 85 Days