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Florida native worms

13 years ago

i have worms taking over my compost pile and i would like to try identify them. i have recently had problems with aints in my compost pile. so i tried watering it to make the pile unsuitable for aint colonies. this seemed to work great. after watering it i turned it and no aints also it started to smell like horse manure. last time i turned it the pile was full of worms. i have tried before to find worms around my house and never any luck. i live in a sandy part of central florida and was hoping someone could tell me some typical species that will move into a compost pile. i have tried to indentify them using a chart from opal http://www.opalexplorenature.org/sites/default/files/7/file/Field-guide-OPAL-online.pdf , but they are not mature yet so i think that may be a problem. the closest i could find was i think a rosey tipped worm "Aporrectodea rosea". they usualy have a orange to redish saddle and head. i also found some information on manure worms aka red worms and also red wigglers, as i mentioned my compost smells like manure so that got me wondering about that.

thank you for any suggestions.

This post was edited by gardeningnub on Tue, Aug 13, 13 at 17:45

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