Worm photos

15 years ago

Hi all!

These worms live in my raised bed garden. They seem to hang out in the mulch layer of the beds. I believe they came with a load of aged horse manure I used to fill the beds when I built them last year. Do these appear to be red wigglers? I apologize for the question as I'm sure I'm about the zillionth person to ask. I have looked at the pictures but for me at least, it's hard to tell. I'm hoping those of you who know what kind of worms you have can help me :-)

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From Tales of a Transplanted Gardener

I think it's like a lot of flowers. When you know what they are, you recognize them when you see them again. When you're not sure, it's all just a guess.

There are a few more photos on my latest blog post as well.

Thanks you!

Here is a link that might be useful: Tales of a Transplanted Gardener

Comments (4)

takadi
15 years ago
Looks like it to me. Yellow tails...they also love to hang out in groups for some reason
Anisten
15 years ago
Love all the pictures on your photo album. I clicked on the picture and was able to see the whole photo album.

Yes they are red worms but Eisenia Foetidia I doubt it but there are many composting worms. You obviously have a great bed that the worms are attracted to.

As to your pictures what is the squigly seed things?
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greenbean08_gw
Original Author
15 years ago
If I decided to build an indoor worm bin, could I use some of these guys?

anisten, if you mean the seeds with the curlie-Q tails, they are Mountain Mahogany. If you click on the link below, you can see the pictures in some context (on my blog) if you'd like. Somehow I must have uploaded some of them twice to Picasa.

Here is a link that might be useful: Tales of a Transplanted Gardener
takadi
15 years ago
Those are definitely red wigglers. Unless I totally got the wrong worm...which I really don't care at this point because they are processing my food just fine.

Definitely add them to a bin