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will red wiggler worms eat web worms?

12 years ago

do red wiggler worm eat web worms?

I have a couple wigglers in a terrarium with my praying mantis. I have them in there to tidy up the place from the leaves that I put in with the grasshoppers.
A couple of days ago I saw a leaf in the tree that had a set of webworms that had just hatched. I cut off a few leaves and put them in with the mantis to enjoy. Tonight I looked in and my wigglers were out of the ground and it looked like they were going after the web worms, I thought that they only ate vegitation.

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equinoxequinox
12 years ago
Zombie worms.

Maybe they wanted the web?

What you saw suggests they eat baby webworms. I wonder if they eat other vermicompost inhabitants.
11otis
12 years ago
I wish they would eat springtails.
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debbiedo7
Original Author
12 years ago
I wish I would have taken a picture last night while they were out. Can I say BAD idea to put webworms in the terrarium! What a mess they've made. Webs everywhere! Didn't bother my friend he came out when I started taking pictures today. He/she must think that they're a model or is he asking me what were ya thinking?
I'll see if the wigglers come back out tonight.

Here is a link that might be useful: praying mantis and webworms

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