The worms have been identified asbloodworms, the small larvae of the midge fly (Chironomidae). Sometimes used as fishing bait or to feed aquarium fish, the larvae of some of these insects contain hemoglobin, which helps them get oxygen from water and gives them their characteristic reddish hue...
Beetle and Fly larvae may also be present. Fungus gnats and fruit flies are common in worm bins, but can be controlled. Millipedes and Sow Bugs.These are some of the compost critters you can see in a mature worm composting system, but there are billions of microscopic bacteria, fungi, pr...
Each soil sample was placed in a plastic bag and screened through sieves to remove cutworm larvae. One-acre, unreplicated plots were treated May 16 with Orthene 75S (1.0 and 2.0 lb a.i./acre), N-2596 10G (2.0 and 4.0 lb a.i./acre), and Dyfonate 10G (4.0 lb a.i./acre) (...
Composting worms not only need food, but also some sort of habitat to live in – bedding materials provide both. Ideal worm living conditions can be created initially by adding lots of bedding material with a decent amount of waste material (and likely some water to ensure adequate moisture co...
(not a single one missing) I also found quite a few cocoons in the worm treatment. So, I thought it would be interesting to continue “playing” with the leftover plants + substrate. I mixed in some shredded cardboard and water, covered everything with a plastic bag, then waited for ...
The bright, lightly fragrant blooms of red valerian provide food for a variety of butterflies, including their larvae, plus birds and bees. Enjoy a flutter; Best blooms for butterflies Foxgloves, hellebores, wallflowers, red valerian, ice plant and Verbena bonariensis all produce loads of nectar,...
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9 RegisterLog in Sign up with one click: Facebook Twitter Google Share on Facebook spider mite (redirected fromred spider mites) Thesaurus Related to red spider mites:red mites spider mite n. Any of numerous small red mites of the family Tetranychidae that feed on plants, sometimes causing ...
Squash Vermicomposting– In fall of 2007 I started up a fun (photographic) experiment to see how long it would take for a butternut squash to decompose in a worm bin. I was hoping to take a picture every day, but that ended up proving to be more of a challenge than anticipated, so ...