You're not putting bread in your compost, are you?

Apparently bread can absorb and hold enough moisture that it creates an environment that is attractive to planarians. At least that's what some people around here say.

If you can let your pile dry out that's probably the best way to get rid of it (them).

I don't mind that they eat slugs, but that they also are a "voracious predator" of earthworms...

elisa, you forgot the 'tongue in cheek' (or perhaps 'bun in cheek'?) notice on that post. :-] Just so the OP doesn't get the wrong idea, it's perfectly OK to compost baked goods. Now and then you run into someone (who shall remain unnamed...ANNPAT!) who is grossed out by wet gooshy bread and will do or say Anything to eradicate it from compost piles. LOL

People forget bread is a carbohydrate, it's sugar and helps to speed up composting. It doesn't look appealing when it becomes a wet mess!

No doubt!

If one was to search for "Planaria" in this forum, all will be revealed.

tox, after reading the OP's post I tried to figure out if the objection to bread had ANY truth to it after all (rather than exclusively fun), and *thought* I'd found that it seemed to have at least some kind of connection to the aforementioned sog, which planaria are attracted to. Still . . . even if it was all for fun, I don't think I'll ever be able to compost baked goods, not after hanging out on this forum. Plus, my dog likes bread too much to waste it in compost anyway.

Feed bread to dog, compost dog poop. Everyone wins.

I'll pass on composting carnivore poop as is recommended and stick with the chicken litter and cow manure.

I let stale bread dry out and stash it in a bag in the pantry. In winter I make crumbs in the food processor and feed them to the birds, either directly or as an ingredient in suet blocks. Of course if it's really moldy it just goes in the compost. Here in hot humid country it's about 50/50. Some days there's a freaky science project lurking in the bread box. :-o