Red wiggler worms life cycle and stages can differ for each as factors like a moist environment and overfeeding can either prolong their lifespan or not.
Baby red wigglers.
A cocoon will hatch in an average of 45 days and baby worms will need another six 10 weeks to become adult breeders.
To learn more about this worm species you can read further below.
I ve raised african night crawlers canadian night crawlers and gray night crawlers.
The red wiggler is able to lay 3 3 cocoons a week.
The worms can sometimes appear to be transparent in color.
It is easy to cultivate a massive worm population in a very short time period.
These are baby composting worms eating some food in my garden.
Red wigglers are clear when they are hatching from the cocoon.
The cocoon can produce 3 to 4 baby worms.
There are hundreds of small white worms in my worm bin.
Looks like the mother found the food laid the eggs there and now they re all surviving off it like a seed provides for the.
These worms are sensitive to vibrations so its best to feed worms once or twice a week.
However i cannot find a tougher quicker breeding and easier composting worm to raise than the red wigglers in a worm bin.
They re not maturing and i think they might be killing my red wigglers this is the thought that i had earlier this week when i pulled back the worm bedding in one of my bins and found a tonne of small white worms.
Red wiggler worms start out as cocoons contains about 4 to 6 baby worms only and begin with the egg stage.
I specialize in red wigglers worm composting.
Raising worms called red wigglers eisenia fetida is an uncomplicated and fascinating way to use household vegetable scraps to create vermicompost a compost rich in plant nutrients that you can.
An adult red wiggler worm can produce 2 to 3 cocoons every week and each cocoon can hatch up to 20 baby worms.
I ve been raising red wiggler worms and mealworms for over 40 years.
Now multiply this by the number of mature worms in your worm bin that s a lot of worms in a little time.
Small white worms in my worm bin help.
This coloring is a standard shade for the red wiggler hatchlings.