Comments on: Scorpions In My Worm Bin – Yikes!

By: Martha/All the Dirt on Gardening

Martha/All the Dirt on Gardening — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 01:54:50 +0000

Yes, please post the photo.
Martha

By: Bentley

Bentley — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 13:08:10 +0000

Martha – I was certainly surprised to be able to capture the image. For whatever reason, this particular pseudoscorpion had crawled up the side of the bin and was just sitting there.

Shawn – thanks for sharing that! I for one would LOVE to see the photo.

By: Shawn Ferro

Shawn Ferro — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 13:01:50 +0000

We actually consider the Pseudoscorpions our “tiny yet aggressive” friends. They have long been present in our systems and after the initial shock of having “scorpions” living along side our worms we learned a few interesting facts. (1) We haven’t ever seen them attack a worm. They are often very present and in close proximity to areas occupied by the worms and seem to pay no attention to each other; (2) we have seen them attack flies that land on our worm beds – and the attack is usually in a pack type formation (very aggressive in nature). We actually have a photo of them bringing down a fly if you would like to see it.

By: Martha/All the Dirt on Gardening

Martha/All the Dirt on Gardening — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 03:39:09 +0000

I can’t wait until my worm bin is ready to harvest. It’s been outside long enough that there should be some interesting critters in there.

Thanks for sharing the photo – how did you get it to sit still for the picture taking?
Martha