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Tiny worms in compost

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Naetha · 25/04/2010 15:26

Just found some tiny (and I mean tiny - about 2mm long, about as wide as 2 human hairs) worms in my compost.

Any idea what they are? They're transparent and don't do much other than wriggle a little.

Are they good, bad?

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Alouiseg · 25/04/2010 15:40

good ---- i think!

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Naetha · 25/04/2010 19:51

After finding more they're actually about 7-8mm long and about 1mm wide - I'm crap at sizes!

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wonka · 25/04/2010 20:07

Good.. they are breakimg down the big stuff and making fine usable compost!

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Naetha · 29/04/2010 08:37

Taken some photos:

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puddinghead · 29/04/2010 17:41

Interesting little wriggler. Could be an immature worm. The ones often found in compost are brandling worms which are small, thin and red. Maybe its a baby of these.

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