Uncategorized

The short answer to this question is, yes. Most worms do have blood, especially the earthworms you may find in your garden. The blood is usually red (a shade lighter than humans), pink, colorless and can even be green. If you accidentally injure an earthworm when you shovel your soil, you will find that the earthworm may also bleed red, just like us.  However, the difference in the blood shed by earthworms is that it’s...

In the eyes of other predators, earthworms are obviously an easy, low-defense meal, but you may not know how delicate the senses of earthworms are.  But you may have wondered, do worms have eyes or do worms have ears? SHORT ANSWER No, earthworms do not have eyes or ears but do have light receptor cells on their skin and can also sense vibrations from the soil surface and underground. While these are fairly primitive sensory...

At first glance, millipedes look similar to earthworms, but they are not the same species.  Sometimes after it has rained at night, you will see many different species come out to play in your garden, or the courtyard of your home.  Some millipedes are black and red with gold threads, and some are as red as earthworms.  The length of them can range from several centimetres long to tens of centimetres long – with some...

Wanting to cast away some sweet treats for your worms? We can’t blame you. If you want to save scraps for your worms from one or more fruit salads, you need to be careful around citrus fruit. But what about watermelons? Worms will eat almost any organic decaying matter and they definitely have a sweet tooth. There’s no point in throwing away all of the delicious nutrients that can be found in all kinds of...

Many people wonder what the purpose of the worm is in tequila bottles. There is a lot of speculation that eating the worm makes you hallucinate, but is this true or false? What type of worm even is it? So many questions… Some say the worm is just for fun or tradition, while others say there are specific health benefits and uses. This article will explore what the worms in tequila do and why they...

Flower growers call it earthworm soil, worm farmers may call it vermicompost, and some simply call it compost or even worm poop. The different names all refer to the same thing; Worm castings.  Over a period of time, worms digest their feed and poop it out which leave nutritious worm castings for planting. This is your earthworm compost or vermicompost and can be harvested.  Sometimes, the colour of the earthworm poop or castings will be...

Did you know, the famous father of evolution, Charles Darwin, published the last book of his legendary life about earthworms? Yep, the famous Darwin wrote the last book before his death about the advantages and benefits of earthworms to the human race.  This book is little known, but his evaluation of earthworms has been echoing in the earthworm academic circle, in which he wrote: “Worms have played a more important part in the history of...

We know that earthworms are beneficial to the soil and increase the nutrient availability, provide a more stable soil structure and that their worm castings contain nitrogen which is ready to nourish and feed plants. We also know earthworms provide many insects and reptiles with a good meal too. But can you eat earthworms and do they provide us with nutritional value? Can humans eat earthworms?  Let’s explore this topic in detail. Are Earthworms Edible?...

I’ve talked about whether earthworms have eyes and ears before, so let’s talk about how earthworms eat and answer the question, do worms have a mouth?  Usually, the shape of the earthworm is as sharp on both ends, and it is hard to see which end is the mouth and which is the anus.  But, there’s a simple trick to tell the difference. You only need to pay attention to the position of the clitellum (sometimes known as the...