r/Vermiculture • u/Original-Delay-3425 • 3d ago

Discussion Help with identifying

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Hello guys,
Long story short i bought a package of Eisenia Fetida in july. Being a beginner, i just thought the larges part of them were dead from the package. Started the colony with a few of them in a box. A few days ago, when tilling the raised beds i found a "clump" of worms. The rubbish bin where i placed the container with the "dead" ones is near the greenhouse. Can you help me identify if what i found are nightcrawlers or EF.

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u/hungryworms Commercial Vermicomposter 3d ago

It looks like they have the stripiness/banding typical of eisenia fetida

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u/Prestigious_Way_1877 3d ago

Looks like red wigglers. Little yellow booties.

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u/M-as-in-Mancyyy 3d ago

There are different breeds of Eisenia fetida, this one may just be a touch darker than typical. If they were nightcrawlers they would be buried down farther in the bin, not near the surface

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u/Original-Delay-3425 3d ago

found them in a raised bed near the bin , at about 15 cm deep in a layer of leaf mulch

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u/Original-Delay-3425 3d ago

Thank you for your help !