That is until she met the cat. She seemed most impressed by him, and asked if we had any plans to mount his head on the wall like the dinosaur she’d found in the living room earlier… You put your fuzzy slippers on and head to the kitchen for some tea. After putting on the kettle, you pull out your phone again. And it worked. It turns out that Fugglers don’t like adults, what with all their rules and how incredibly uncool they are and after a while I found Charlie and Barry settling into early teen life. They enjoyed chilling out playing Xbox together and Barry turns out to be quite the whizz at Fortnight apparently. I asked Charlie if he could have a word with Barry about his behaviour and he did, so I have let Barry stay with us as Charlie has really found a great buddy in old Bazza.

The Laboratory Misfits Edition is the newest launch from the plush brand and is made up of ten new Fugglers.Compost worms typically do not surface often unless something is out of balance in the bedding. If you see your worms surfacing a lot, then something in the soil may be causing this drastic change. The bin could be too alkaline or acidic or have too high moisture content. The worm is fully mature when the clitellum swells around their bodies. These worms have both male and female reproductive organs, but still require another worm to reproduce. During the reproductive phase, the two of them will bind together and secrete albumin, which will form into a cocoon.

The cocoons start as clear, then turn white, yellow, and finally reddish-brown when ready to hatch. After the pupa matures, the worm is ready to come into the soil as a hatchling. This process is about 23 days. As long as all of the conditions are correctly met, the earthworm should start to peek its head out. natural process of decomposition using various species. Organic Matter is broken down by Red Wiggler After the Red wiggler cocoon has hatched, it will take the red wiggler about 45 days to reach maturity. The entire life cycle from inception to death is up to four years. However, most red wigglers do not make it past their first year.Red wigglers live above the soil or in the top layers of the earth at the very least. They thrive in decomposing vegetation and manure. The Red Wiggler is a species in the earthworm family. Looking similar to their cousin, they are often confused with other earthworms such as the European Nightcrawler, or Eisenia Hortensis. Now that we know precisely how to identify the red wiggler, what does the red Wiggler do and why is it so special? We will get to that later, but first, there are a few more things to consider with the Red Wiggler. The Red Wiggler is one of the few earthworms that produces the exact chemical makeup that the soil needs. The Worm Castings contain abundant amounts of nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium. The Red worm also lives topside and eats rotting vegetable scraps that we don’t eat.

We agreed to let a Fuggler into our home but we weren’t at all prepared for the trouble she (yes, it’s a female Fuggler) was about to cause. The day Fuggler arrived we weren’t even home, we’d headed out to a local beach totally unaware that a mystery parcel was waiting for us.

For reasons of hygiene and safety, personal grooming products, cosmetics or items of intimate clothing cannot be returned. Red Wiggler worms are probably the most popular worm for vermicomposting. The larvae are not as ideal for composting as the fully developed Red Wiggler (Eisenia Foetida).