Predator’s Of Earthworms

WOW!! This is a topic we could talk about all day!! Every region of this Great earth of ours has a different predator of the Earthworm!

First of all Man is most likely the greatest predator. Just think about that for a moment.
Examples!
1. Farmers kill Billions of earthworms plowing their fields
2. Then the Farmer comes along and sprays pesticides and Chemical fertilizer to kill the rest of the worms that the plow missed.
3. That is why they need to spray chemical fertilizer so their crop will grow.

OK enough said about the farmers, I am one as well, On my farm there has been no pesticides or chemical fertilizer used for at least 8 years. All plans on my farm is to be organic, example: fertilize with worm tea, and worm castings

We can’t forget about the Fisherman! HaHa! I guess I wouldn’t have much of a business without them!

Even some cultures eat the worms, Of all things. Yuk!
Enough talking about man being a predator, but we sure are a big one!!

Now on to other Predators of the Earthworm.
1. Snakes,birds,
2. Rodents, such as, chipmunks,moles,rats,skunks, racoons, and on and on!
3. A very big number of insects as well..We could go on for ever!!!!

Oh yes! There is even a little worm out there called a Flat worm! They eat earthworms as well.

The reason being is the earthworm is loaded with protein, so it makes the earthworm a very well sought after creature! By all its predators…

The Friendly Worm Guy

Written by Jeff on May 4th, 2008 with no comments.
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Guinea Pigs Feed Some Of Our Worms

For about a month now we are the keepers of a pair of Guinea Pigs, the male is named Mario, and the female is named Suzie, They are very nice little pets.

They sure like to be handled,

After a few days of having the little guys,it was time to clean their cages, so where would I think of putting the contents that you find in the bottom of a Guinea cage, but into the worm beds of course, These guys eat about the same as a rabbit does. Not saying you can feed your Guinea pigs rabbit pellets,because you can’t. You have to buy Guinea Pig food, So I was sure I could put this stuff into the worm beds.

Oh Boy!! was I right! The worms LOVE this stuff. So any of you Guinea Pig keepers out there, I can help you out, A worm bin is a great way to get rid of your Guinea Pigs poo poo!!(haha)

The Friendly Worm Guy

Written by Jeff on May 4th, 2008 with 2 comments.
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UPDATE!! #2 VERMICOMPOSTING IN MY 1/2 CLASSROOM

HI All

It has been over a month since the last post about the composting in the 1/2 classroom.

This past Monday was a big day for the students and I, Our bin is in great shape!! We now have alot of baby worms, and alot of egg cocoons as well.

We were able to see 5 BABY European n/c hatch out of 1 COCOON!!
(sorry I wasn’t able to get pics)

We are sure doing a great job, and our worms are very happy! We know we are taking great care of them, because on average we should be getting about 2 baby euros out of 1 cocoon not 5

ontil next update!!! The Friendly Worm Guy

Written by Jeff on May 4th, 2008 with no comments.
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