A lot of people wonder how fast worms reproduce, how many worms are in a cocoon, how often does a worm make a cocoon etc. I figured I would try to figure out some of these things experimentally. So I grabbed a few cocoons out of my European Nightcrawler worm bin and a few cups:
Worm Cocoon
Above is a picture of a worm cocoon, you can click on it to make it bigger. My camera isn’t the greatest so it was hard to get a good shot. It should at least help you tell the relative size and color of a cocoon. There were a few worm castings on it as well, those were the black things. Well, I grabbed two cocoons and two cups and put one cocoon in each cup.
Worm Experiment
Well there are the cups. Here is a look inside one of them:
Cocoon Experiment
I added a little bit of bedding back in so the worms have somewhere to be when they hatch. I was carefull not to get any more cocoons. I wish I had some more spare bedding. I’m afraid they will dry out. I finished it off, by putting a newspaper cover on top and using a ruberband to secure the newspaper. I’ll report to you guys later the results… hopefully I keep it moist and everything works out.
