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African Nightcrawlers Chow Down!

My worm-friend, Andrew, recently sent me a link to a cool video he made. It features his African Nightcrawlers (Eudrilus eugeniae) munching away on some waste materials. Not sure what sort of camera he used, but it’s wild how close up (and clear) it is!

As long as you keep these worms warm (ideally above 20C/68F), they are apparently pretty voracious feeders! Seeing the mouths on the ones in the video, this doesn’t surprise me at all!
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Written by Bentley on September 3rd, 2010 with 5 comments.
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#1. September 3rd, 2010, at 1:56 PM.

Wow! That’s a great video and now I want some African night crawlers. You’re bad for my wallet, Bentley (HAHA!).

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#2. September 4th, 2010, at 1:12 AM.

Those are insane!

Get your own gravatar by visiting gravatar.com LARRY D.
#3. September 4th, 2010, at 3:01 AM.

If those worms had teeth,they would look like a sea lamprey.I think i lost an eyebrow watching that closeup footage!

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#4. September 4th, 2010, at 11:07 PM.

Andrew done a great job on this video!

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#5. September 10th, 2010, at 7:06 AM.

See what happens when you don’t visit this site every day? I’m late to my own video “debut”. :-) There were 2 reasons I could get that close to the worms: my Canon S5 has a super-macro setting and my African nightcrawler bin is actually a 32 gal. glass terrarium. More details here:
http://vermicomposters.ning.com/profiles/blogs/my-first-indoor-worm

Anyone who wants to observe worms without disturbing them should consider a glass container. Most major pet store chains sell 10 gal. aquariums for $10. With 1.4 ft² of surface area, it can comfortably accommodate 2 lbs.of red wigglers…maybe 1.5 lbs. if you have African or European nightcrawlers. I haven’t tried watching them with a black light yet, but someone has suggested it might be pretty wild.

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