Suitable food waste includes tea bags (plastic-free ones), banana skins, vegetable peelings, coffee grounds and eggshells. Not that you likely would have wanted to test this out, but according to Edwards and Bohlen (1996), Eisenia fetida (the Red Worm) gets its name from the fact that its coelomic fluid smells like garlic (‘fetid’ basically means foul smelling). Townsend, Craig; Ebizuka, Yutaka, eds. (2010). Natural products structural diversity-I, secondary metabolites: organization and biosynthesis. Vol.1 (1sted.). Boston: Elsevier. p.393. ISBN 978-0-08-045381-1.

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Another interesting tidbit gleaned from Edwards and Bohlen (1996) – there is apparently a species of earthworm known as the “squirter earthworm” ( Didymogaster sylvaticus) that can shoot coelomic fluid as far as 30 cm!! Plytycz, Barbara; Bigaj, Janusz; Panz, Tomasz; Grzmil, Paweł (2018-09-21). "Asymmetrical hybridization and gene flow between Eisenia andrei and E. fetida lumbricid earthworms". PLOS ONE. 13 (9): e0204469. Bibcode: 2018PLoSO..1304469P. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0204469. PMC 6150523. PMID 30240427. When roughly handled, a redworm exudes a pungent liquid, thus the specific name fetida meaning " foul-smelling". This is presumably an antipredator adaptation. [13] Close-up of E. fetida with visible bristles Related species [ edit ]

Your wormery will provide you with a rich compost and a brown liquid, or 'worm tea', that you can dilute and use as a liquid fertiliser. It's probably easiest to buy the worms you need from an online supplier. Shops that sell fishing bait also regularly carry the correct species. The most common species sold is Eisenia fetida, which has many common names including tiger worm, red worm, brandling worm and red wriggler. You may also find Dendrobaena veneta, or European nightcrawler.

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Neuhauser, Edward F.; Hartenstein, Roy; Kaplan, David L. (August 1980). "Growth of the Earthworm Eisenia Foetida in Relation to Population Density and Food Rationing". Oikos. 35 (1): 93–98. doi: 10.2307/3544730. JSTOR 3544730 . Retrieved 2020-10-14. This method is best fished using a pole for the simple reason that the chopped up worms are almost impossible to catapult as they spray all over the place, so you need to use a pole cup to introduce the chopped-up worm pieces into a single area with accuracy.Your wormery is a living system that will require a little bit of experimentation to keep it successfully running. Jim, Uncle (26 June 2012). "Best Worms For Bait Fishing". Uncle Jim's Worm Farm . Retrieved 3 February 2023. Orozco, F. H.; Cegarra, J.; Trujillo, L. M.; Roig, A. (1996). "Vermicomposting of coffee pulp using the earthworm Eisenia fetida: Effects on C and N contents and the availability of nutrients". Biology and Fertility of Soils. 22 (1–2): 162–166. doi: 10.1007/BF00384449. ISSN 0178-2762. S2CID 25060696. Dey Chowdhury, Sanket; Bhunia, Puspendu (2021-04-02). "Simultaneous Carbon and Nitrogen Removal from Domestic Wastewater using High Rate Vermifilter". Indian Journal of Microbiology. 61 (2): 218–228. doi: 10.1007/s12088-021-00936-4. ISSN 0046-8991. PMC 8039078. PMID 33927463. It is a large fluid-filled cavity that extends the entire length of the worm, located between the body wall and the alimentary canal (the digestive system). Worms release coelomic fluid for a number of reasons, one of those being stress. As such, Red Worms will sometimes release this liquid as a defense mechanism when they are feeling threatened.