Bigger than a bait cup interested in what happens. Keep us updated.

Day 3: A little bit of standing water in the bin. Either the local six year old sabotaged me (unlikely, the tub was where it belonged instead of on the floor), or the food is releasing water from inside.

Stirred it up a bit, maybe the cardboard above water level can absorb it if it's submerged. If it's still flooded in a couple days, I'll pour the water off into the bucket bin with drainage before moving in worms.

I did a similar experiment using a 5 gallon bucket in my basement. I started it around last thanksgiving and my 30 bait cup Euros grew to a hastily counted 120ish full size worms + countless small ones and cacoons by the time the weather permitted more outdoor playtime.

August 15 2015, IOW Day 5

Moisture check!

Hmmm... I'm glad my new bin is happy to see me, but that's a little TOO wet.

Mold is good, mold is breakdown assistance and food, but mold thick enough to start forming solid mats is no bueno. The last thing I need is my tub bin growing a mold toupee, and touring the country as a Trump impersonator. Then again, maybe I'd make more money that way.

Poured off the excess fluid into the drained bucket bin, and stirred what's left with a stick to break up the mold. That looks much more inviting. I mean, I've lived in worse apartments.

While the pictured finger IS organic material, I won't be adding it to the bin just yet. There's more use I can get out of it before I compost it.

A couple more days of sitting and culturing, and the worms move in. I'd tell them to start packing their bags, but they seem to travel pretty light. Good luck to them.

August 17, 2015
Day 7

Time to check up on the wormless worm bin. So, just the bin for now, I guess.

Hmmm... still looks a little swampy. Am I housing worms here, or gators?

Quiet, you, I didn't ask for your opinion.

Gravity draining into the bucket bin was pretty slow going, so I aimed for the moisture of a wrung-out sponge by wringing out the bedding. Hey, what's this? Some tiny, whitish, maggot-like creatures are in the bedding, possibly maggots. Their eggs must have hitched a ride in the soil, the old food, or maybe been laid in through the air holes.

They managed to sneak into the bin on their own, so I'm not going to evict them, unless they start causing trouble. They might eat things the worms don't like, or compete with them to see who comes out on top. If they turn out to be better composters, hell, I might keep them.

Fluffed the squeezed bedding back up, and mixed in a dry, torn sugar bag liner, to absorb a little more moisture. Be it ever so humble, there's no place like home.

Tonight concludes the week of prep time. It may not be perfect, but the worms work for me, not the other way around; there's no sense in spoiling them. Tomorrow, worms will be moving in. Sink or swim, worms, but I'll try to keep your bedding dry enough that you don't literally have to sink or swim.

August 18, 2015
Week 2

Bin, meet worms. Worms, bin. You'll get along great.

Four would probably give me a better margin for error, but I can spare two more easily. Besides, they've been reproducing in the bucket bin, either or both of these worms might already be pregnant, and reproduce even if one dies. Starting from just two they'll wind up inbred sooner or later, anyway.

Looks like they approve of the local conditions.

Enjoy your new home. Be fruitful and multiply. Don't go forth, though, I'd prefer it if you stayed right there.

Conditions in the bucket bin are a little bit smelly. Things are going fine, but some bread slices I threw in there are making a yeasty smell I don't much care for. Tore up a paper sugar bag and threw it in on top to cover the bread.

One of the triplets was thoughtful enough to help me tear up the paper.

August 25, 2015

Week 3

Let's just open the lid and have a look at that bin, there.

Crap! Top of the bedding is looking rather dry, there. Taking a sniff, though, it has less scent than before. Called in a consultant, pictured above, and she concurred.

So... First look tells me worms might be dead, but nose tells me they're alive and well and rebalancing the microbe population to one that smells more like mild earth. Internal dischord! The eternal struggle which can never be resolved! Or...

I suppose I could pull some of that bedding back, and check out what's going on down below.

Ahh, here's a healthy looking specimen... Down in the muck? No, not quite, just above it, and a couple inches below the dryish surface. I guess they sought out just the right balance point of moisture in the tub and settled in there. Doesn't care much for me peeking in on its privacy, and its partner dove for cover, but they seem fine otherwise. Seems to like it a little wetter than I expected.

No visible cocoons yet. Come on, guys, I didn't leave you a Nintendo in there, all there is to do is eat and ****. Then again, even in a margarine tub, there's a lot of room to hide the cocoons of only two worms. I'll give y'all some privacy. You just keep doing what you do.

Loving the article... Please keep it going!

Lately I haven't had much access to my laptop, and my phone won't do big posts. Hoping to get at it soon, maybe later today.

Currently in transition from cable to satellite; no net access expected until Tuesday. Hi from McDonald's WiFi.

Love your story! I can't wait to see what happens. Today I started a shoebox worm bin with a dozen worms stolen from my garden, along with a tomato the local raccoon didn't want, coffee grounds, some weeds and shreds of the weekly grocery ads. After reading your posts, I'll add some soil tomorrow. Thanks for the info!

Curious for an update. Ty!

September 10, 2015
Week 5

Illness and lack of internet access stinks. Fortunately the worm tub doesn't, at least from outside, so let's check it out.

Lid's off, still smells mild and sweet. Good sign, kitty approves. Looking a little dry, though. Perhaps the top layer is always going to do that because that's where the only ventilation is. Better investigate deeper. I don't want the worms pretending nothing's active and no one's home so they can hide bodies and criminal activity in there.

Oh, there's the moisture, about half way down. And... hmmm. I don't see any bodies or meth labs, but something is hiding in here. Looks like some kind of larva or pupa. I don't know for sure.

Maybe something interesting will hatch. Or maybe something horrible. For now it doesn't seem to be causing any trouble trying to wreck up the place, so I'll let it be. Still no sight of worms or their cocoons so far.

It's getting wetter and wetter as I dig deeper. At this point, I would describe conditions as "slimy".

Okay, now things are starting to stink. Pretty badly, it smells like a sewer down here. How can anything live in here? And how can it smell this bad down below and have no smell at all coming out the top? But... is that a worm I see?

Yup, there are my worms, hanging out in the smelliest, slimiest sludge in the bin.

I don't know how they don't drown. I don't know why they want to be there. If sewer conditions are what they prefer, maybe I should park the tub in front of some old TMNT reruns and see if it improves morale. Don't know if worms have morale, but something seems to be off, I haven't seen a single cocoon.

While I was taking the bedding apart and checking it out, I spread it and let the slimy bits dry in the air some. Course the dry bits already seem a little too dry, and these guys seem to like it wetter. Added a little bit of water, and closed the tub back up.

September 16, 2015
Week 6

It's been hard leaving the margarine tub bin alone. Are my worms sick? Did I add too much water? Did those pupae hatch and aliens burst out to take over Earth in stealth? I told myself I'd pester them as little as possible, just let them be to adapt themselves and their conditions or die, but I want to know what's going on in there!

Apparently, I'm not the only one eager for a look. Let's get that lid off, Fuzzbucket.

Top layer looks much moister than before. Again, there's no offensive odor, just a mild soil smell... so far. Doesn't look like dirt, smells like dirt, okay whatever. I see one of those larva or pupa things, apparently they were not viable or they take longer to metamorphose and take over the world.


Looking deeper, apparently increasing the moisture level in the tub has encouraged them to come up a little bit. Hi worm, I see you peeking out. Oh, that's a butt.


These worms you sold me, they won't mate. They just squirm around, eating, and not mating. You sold me... queer worms.

Even with a second pair of eyes, not a single cocoon spotted.


Still stinks at the bottom, too.

Worms seem to be lively, but they look... odd. Not string of pearls odd, but not the way they used to.

Week 2:

Week 6:

Holy crap they got big! They've both got the dark red stripes and the yellow tails, they should be the right worms, but what the hell?! Maybe I got eunuch worms, which can't breed but grow forever.

Well, they're still alive and functioning, kind of, so back in the bin to let it sit and see what happens. Maybe the worms are just having a temporary difficulty they need time to sort out. Life is dynamic, doesn't always do what you expect, let it adapt and do what it does.

Speaking of the unexpected, Kitty, you're nuts. Stop trying to eat the rotten cardboard.

October 02, 2015
Week 8

Margarine tub worm bin check in. Did the worms breed explosively? Did they bloat up sick and die? Did they stage a jail break and escape? What happened to the aliens?

Top layer looks and feels pretty dry, also moldy. It smells of nothing, not even mold. How does mold not smell moldy?! There are some tiny arachnid-looking creatures scurrying about, too small to picture. Probably spider mites. Nothing else interesting up top, so begin the excavation.

Got about half way down before it started smelling poopy. Weirdly enough, this smelly part of the bin still seems (relatively) dry.

A little bit lower, and there's a worm. Must be alive, it dove for cover right quick. Moister conditions, too. These worms seem to like it as wet as possible and don't care about anaerobic conditions. Maybe it's a new aquatic subspecies.

There seems to be another kind of worm in here, or maybe a maggot. Possibly the aliens from the weird little pods? Looks like it might be heading north, but it's actually southbound: big booty, tiny head. I've known some humans like that.

Another strip of cardboard reveals a blackening effect. Either it's breaking down without being eaten, or those are scorch marks from the aliens' tiny ray guns. I wonder if ray guns can make good compost faster than regular. If so, I might have to order me some

No pooling water at the bottom of the bin, but the material here seems pretty slimy. The worms seem to like it, though.

All the way to the bottom, every scrap of bedding examined thoroughly, and not one single cocoon in the whole thing. None. What the heck, guys? Gals? I'm not sure how hermaphrodites prefer to be talked about, have I offended you and you're on strike?

Repacked it all together, added a splash of water cause the worms seem to like it wetter than expected. No real news, what a gyp.

At least SOMETHING is reproducing around here.

October 03, 2015
Week 8

A more experienced wormer put forth to me the idea that I might actually have two different lookalike species in this tub. Entirely possible; they were sold as the common name red wigglers rather than by species name, and I don't know how picky a bait shop is likely to be anyway. Might be one e. fetida and one e. andrei. They're not gay, they just prefer the company of other (kinds of) worms (maybe). So let's give them another chance.

Found a couple more volunteers in the main bin. Obvious clitellum, dark red stripes and yellow tail on both, they're fully adult and should be the right species.

Get in there and party, guys. Not you, Fuzzbucket.

I hope you dream of large women, cause holy **** what a difference! They're about triple your girth relaxed.

Fat bottomed girls, you make the rockin' world go 'round.

October 09, 2015

Week 9

Contents of the bin seem to have sunk. Not sure what to make of it. Maybe they got too heavy, and collapsed into themselves under their own gravitational pull.

First my PDA has a camera, and now black holes are everywhere? People need to know these things!

Didn't take much digging to spot worm flesh this time. I guess they're getting a little more comfortable at higher levels. Good deal.

No odor all through the bin. That's a weird change, but not an unwelcome one. I'm not sure what it means, but I'm hopeful it means the bacterial balance in here is shifting towards the aerobic and beneficial.

No cocoons spotted in the bin, either. I was hoping, but not really expecting any yet. Maybe in a few weeks there will be some. Might be there was one or two that I missed while searching. I thought I'd spotted a baby worm, but it turned out to be a rootlet from the initial soil inoculation, broken down enough to be limp and flexible.

Whatever in this bin is making herculean worms has already worked on the new arrivals. Those are some big worms. Maybe I'll refer back to this journal thread next fishing season, when I could use some real brutes.

October 21, 2015
Week 11

Help!

I don't know what the hell is happening with this bin. It looks right most of the way through, it smells mild and sweet. There were a few small white balls, I don't know if they're fungus or eggs.

Worm flesh was spotted after almost no unearthing at all. They're venturing closer and closer to the surface.

A little bit of water pooling near the bottom. Has this gotten wetter somehow? Maybe one of the worms couldn't hold its water and went pee. Heh, yeah, like they're that big.

Um....
That looks a little... thick.

Mother of God! These aren't worms, they're graboids!

Jesus, that one's so big, it has a facial expression.

Those aren't centimetres.

Searched every scrap of bedding and casts, and still zero cocoons spotted. Instead I have these great hulking brutes trying to eat me. I should take them fishing next season: just dangle them over the side of the boat, and let them grab the fish like pythons.

I don't know what to make of any of this. Just gonna put the lid back on, put them in the cabinet, and hope I don't do anything to make them angry.

On a similar note of small bins I have small flower pot. Its actually honeysuckle cutting in a 3/4 gal pot. I decided to add about a dozen red wigglers and am feeding them a dose of some ground oatmeal once a week. At the surface I have placed a layer of shredded newsprint which I keep moist. This pot has a wicking system to draw up water from below as needed. The worms are staying in the pot seem comfortable with condition at least for now. If any crawled out the top the would fall into the water below and if they crawled out the bottom the same thing would occur. So in the meantime a certain amount of VC would develop and not to mention the possibility of procreation. Many leaves are there and quite healthy looking.

I don't see any food scraps in the pictures. Maybe not enough food? I spot feed my bins and worms usually congregated around the food.

I have read that if they "sense" there is not enough food, they won't make cocoons. I suggest to put it at the edge and if they don't like it, there is still enough room to get away from. And maybe leave them be for 2 weeks (or more) instead of a weekly peek-a-boo. I did notice the last check was 2 weeks apart.

I don't have a small (or any) scale to measure weights, but are a mere 2 ENC (bumped up to a whopping 4 at week 8) likely to have eaten 1.5 cups of food in 13 weeks? And shouldn't they eat their bedding as well?

Cool pictures and story to it. Fun, love the kitties. Put up a good pic with them all together if you get a chance. How r ur bigger bins going?

Right now I've just got two bins: the cat litter bucket stacker I started with, and this margarine tub I've been keeping track of. The bucket bin is doing just fine, except for a minor flooding incident where a big chunk of watermelon rind disintegrated all at once after a delay, instead of gradually. The worms in the bucket bin are multiplying for sure; I started with about 50 and I've taken more than that out already, and still have more than I started with. Pretty soon here I'm going to start a small, temporary outdoor bin. We got a pumpkin, I'm going to feed the guts to my bucket bin, stuff the shell with bedding, age it a little bit, then drop in some worms and leave the castings bomb in a retired garden plot for next season.

I'd like to make a much larger CFT bin, but right now I lack the materials. When I can get one of those up and running successfully, I'm going to test out the crazy worm-powered, self-cleaning litterbox idea.

Getting a pic of all the cats together is going to be essentially impossible. They all move around way too much, there are a LOT of them, and the two youngest pictured have since perished. :(

I guess never say never. A neighbor cat turned up, and the horde was none too happy about it.

Not pictured: four grave markers in the back yard.

November 07, 2015

Week 13

Posting from a smartphone that doesn't like to make big complex posts. Let me sum up:

Tub bin was accidentally knocked over and drained. Status check revealed dark, sunken, casting-loaded bedding, no smell, live worms of various sizes and colours (including one huge, slow, translucent-pale worm I've named "Jabba"), and 1 cocoon (finally!). Offered the worms some rotten strawberries and some fresh newsprint bedding to congratulate the new arrival.

November 19, 2005
Week 15

I hope giving the worms the rotten strawberries wasn't a mistake. There's still a lot of bedding in there that isn't broken down, and aren't they supposed to use that as a Plan B food supply? I'd better check on them.

No worms visible up here, they probably heard me coming, but there are clearly castings in this new bedding. They've been here.

The rotten strawberries are gone, only seeds left and not many of those. I guess the worms haven't been overfed; they seem to have been hungry. Or maybe they just like strawberries. I prefer blueberries, but to each their own.

The worms are looking healthier. Their colour is back to normal and they don't look so fat. But... something seems off.

Jabba! Jabba, NOOOO!

He's gone. Jabba's gone. There are only three worms in here. He can't have escaped; I take care not to let the worms wander while I check out the tub, and the air holes are way too small for his impressive girth. He must have died, broken down and been eaten.

Why did Jabba die? What do I know?

The others didn't murder him; they're detritivores, and they don't have knives, or guns, or teeth. There isn't enough population or money in there for them to have developed politics or unions yet. Jabba was huge, massive, one could even say overweight. The moisture and temperature of the bin have been kept within range. The worms have plenty of bedding that isn't broken down... hmmm.

That bedding may still be intact, but the colour is awfully similar to the colour of their poop.

The worms have been in there a hell of a long time with no bedding change or new feeding; I overfed the bin early and left it alone. They clearly prefer the new bedding and the "fresh" strawberries over what they already had. The worms got big, but they also got weird. Maybe... maybe the worms have done all they can with this old bedding. The system is close to being sealed, they don't have allies like isopods and stuff to shred things apart and ease processing. Maybe the stuff is so saturated with their leavings (toxic waste to them, same as everything else with its own excrement) that they can't eat or live in it anymore. Maybe Jabba was so big because he was bloated and sick.

Okay big guy, I hear you. Your death won't have been in vain.

Time to prepare something new for the survivors. Lizard unrelated, he just showed up while I was doing prep.

Dig all that poisonous old bedding out, leaving just the new stuff.

This is a good time to take inventory and see what I've got. Only three worms, but a little bit healthier, and one cocoon. No, make that four cocoons. I don't know whose they are, but I choose to believe they're all offspring of Jabba, knowing he had little time left and getting busy as possible. I'll take better care of your descendants, Jabba, your lineage won't end on my watch.

New bedding will be a mix of egg carton cardboard, dry dead grass, and assorted shredded leaves and wood chips from a local tree trimmer's recent dump in my driveway. Wet it down with rain water, dump in a can of UCG for food, and a lot of ground egg shell for grit and pH buffering. Throw in the old bedding for microbial inoculation now that they finally got it balanced to stop stinking the place up. Mix it together, and... that's a lot of coffee grounds, this stuff is stained so dark it looks like it's already somewhat decayed. I'd better let it sit for a few days in case it heats up.

November 27, 2015
Week 16

The new bedding and food mix never heated up, but I've been busy. Besides, better safe than sorry. I did have to add dechlorinated tap water to it a couple times, but it seems good to go now. That stuff is stained dark as hell with the coffee; it's going to be tricky to tell how it's breaking down. I'd better get it to the tub soon; they've only got very little bedding to live in and eat right now, and it's been over a week.

Found a weird little thing in the tub. It looks like a cut or broken section of worm. I'm not sure what the hell it is, but the worms seem to be okay. Bodies intact, clitella present.

Weird, I remember leaving the cocoons in a wad of old castings, what's this doing out loose?

I guess the worms are happy that the nasty old bedding is gone. There are more. Looks like 8 intact cocoons and 2 that I accidentally burst. I thought they weren't supposed to be fragile. One burst cocoon was pale, one was very dark. Maybe the one was a dud, and the other was close to hatching and I helped it along. I don't know, but they're reproducing better now, anyway.

Load up the new bedding/food mix in the tub. I'll try not to pack it down so it won't go anaerobic, and leave a little room instead of filling it up to the top, so the worms are more likely to bump into and find each other. They seem to breed better in a somewhat cramped space, though I don't want to crowd them too badly.

I got way too much bedding and food mix for the tub, but that's fine. I got another worm bin I started in part of a weird semi-automatic cat litter box, housing a mix of euros and whatever turned up in the rotting dead leaves on the driveway; I think lumbricus rubellus but I saw a couple with a weird purplish-blue sheen in the sun that makes me suspect perionyx excavatus. I can give the rest of the food and bedding mix to them.

November 29, 2015
Week 17

So, what have I learned so far? Not a lot solid, but I have some hunches and suspicions.

European night crawlers (I'm reasonably sure that's what the are now, not EF) totally can live and breed in a margarine tub, but it's hard on them.

String-of-pearls isn't the only way worms can tell me they're sick; getting fat and pale is also a bad sign.

Just because the contents of the bin aren't mostly broken down to castings, doesn't mean the worms can still be reasonably expected to process it further.

The impact of beneficial bin partners like isopods is larger than it seems.

ENC seem to like it wetter than the damp sponge standard frequently cited for both standard and worm composting, but anaerobic bacteria can be a problem.

ENC eat faster than I expected them to.

ENC like their breeding conditions tighter than I expected them to; if the sudden explosion of cocoons is any indication.

ENC are tough as nails, and can bounce back from the brink of bin collapse if the poor conditions are remedied.

People like pictures of cats getting in the way of everything.

December 07 2015

Week 18

Glumness, new confusion, and some hope. Not much camera work, not much to see.

Checking out the material in the bin, it smells mild and sweet. Retaining moisture better than I expected, too, it's not too dry on top and no soggy spots on the bottom. The worms are clearly still breeding; these are new cocoons, right at the top.

There are some tiny worms in the bin, not a lot but enough to find while searching. They're too small to catch on camera, maybe 2-3mm each. They're so thin they show the colour of what they're on rather than their own colour, if any. Maybe they're potworms... I guess I shouldn't have thrown all that marijuana in there. Just kidding, I don't smoke marijuana. Anymore.

They might be potworms, or might be just-hatched ENC. They're too small to be adult potworms, and I could easily see two or three worms that size fitting into a cocoon. Guess I'll have to wait till they get a little bigger, and see if they go translucent white, or red.

The big ENC are still returned to their normal dimensions and colour, but there are only two of them now. Sad, sad, sad. I know one of them has died. The air holes, while plentiful, are tiny, and the lid of the tub fits tightly. Plus, the area under the sink is dusty as hell, and there is neither a worm corpse nor worm tracks pointing to an escape. RIP, unnamed worm.

I thought the worms were on the mend. I can see that they're still producing cocoons. I don't know why another one died. My dear wife points out that maybe they tried to recover, but that one was so sick it just couldn't take the strain and died anyway. That might be it. Or maybe they're still in dire straits, they're producing cocoons like mad as a way of throwing a life preserver into the future, and their appearance is irrelevant. I just don't know.

Hmmm. When in doubt, listen to the worms.

Those tiny translucent threads are telling me something, I just don't understand it yet. If they're infant ENC, they're suggesting that things are mostly OK, **** happens but life goes on. If they're potworms, they're saying that conditions in the bin have gotten too acidic, and I need to add more egg shell - maybe scrap all the bedding and food and start over, with a higher proportion of calcium and less food, next time.

I'm listening, worms. Teach me how to take care of you.

Mack: they seem to be racing with the worms to see who can reproduce faster.

Nice story and pix all the way thru. I have a similar start. Ive been worming for a while so I have a lot of worms to choose from. Anyway I just took about 12-15 worms and put them in this cutting pot. The pot measures 6" dia. and 7" in depth. So these few worms have some room to roam. They have been in this pot for about 6weeks. The potting mix is peat, vermiculite. no other fertilizer of any kind. Although I have given a liquid seaweed drench on occasion. I wanted to see what would happen with just the castings these few worms would leave. I have also done the same thing to a few other cutting pots. One thing we have to remember to use worm castings correctly they work like time release fert. in that they release some of their nutrients each time you water so you need to water on occasion. I put a spoonful of worm food once a week which may in fact be too much for this small amount of worms. This cutting shown was much smaller in the beginning . For the most part the worms have stayed in the pots. Though recently I find 3 worms dead on the floor . Consider the fact I added the same amount of worms in half a dozen different pots is not a bad record. The paper added on top is to keep fungus gnats away.

December 21, 2015

Week 20

No change.

I was going to place an image of a crying hobo here, but I decided against it. I've BEEN homeless, and I've known a lot who are or were - those are people. Exploiting their misery for humor would be lame.

It's posted a few days after the check, the findings weren't interesting and I've been busy. Seems most are busy one way or another during the holidays. It's sad and frustrating that so many surround themselves with unneeded plenty while others nearby cry themselves to sleep from hunger.

I think if the garden produces more than we can immediately use next year, I'll see if I can donate the surplus to the soup kitchen and food pantries around here. For the new year's resolution types, I'm also going to encourage those I know to grow at least one thing they can eat in 2016. We have the ability to feed ourselves and our neighbors, if we'd just do it. We should bring back victory gardens.

January 05, 2015
Week 22

New year, new life.

It turns out those maggot-like creatures were in fact maggots; I found two small flies hanging around inside the top of the tub. One of them stopped for a photo op. Kinda blurry, he's the left blob near the rim.

I'm not sure how they got in there, but oddly enough, they didn't fly, they only walked around. Can you still call it a fly if it doesn't? Maybe due to metamorphosing in such a small, tight space, they never really bothered to fly because there was no point, need, nor ability.

Material seems to be shrinking, but not compacting. More casts throughout, good sign. Worms still have plenty of eating to do, but they're working on it. Smell is mild, sweet, and earthy, material is damp but not wet, also good signs.

Fuzzbucket will not leave me alone! Have you been pissing in my other worm bin a lot because you're jealous of the worms? Damn needy cat. Fine, have some attention, then let me get back to work on my journal.

Yay! Some of those tiny threads were infant ENC! I spotted two at least, got a picture of one. Aw, look at him, so adorable.

Two adults still in the bin, kinda sluggish cause it's getting cold, but active and seemingly healthy enough. I keep reading that composting worms born into rough circumstances prosper far better than adults introduced to them; perhaps the Jabbas Junior will thrive and multiply rapidly once they reach adult size.

Still plenty of unhatched cocoons in the material. With any luck, this mini-bin will be swarming with hungry babies soon.