![]() ![]() The sperm in the cocoon fertilize the eggs and when ready, the end of the cocoon seals up as the cocoon slips off the worm into the bedding or soil.The clitellum secretes mucus to make the egg case or cocoon, protecting the sperm and eggs.They exchange sperm and egg cells through a band-like area of the back end of the body called a clitellum. A red worm has both male and female reproductive organs.Little lava lamps in your worm bins! Red wiggler eggs are fun to hunt for in the worm bin! Summary of How Red Wiggler Worms Reproduce: 5) Red Wiggler eggs are like mood rings – but less fashionable.Ĭocoons start off a pale yellow color and turn dark red when the worms are about to hatch. Worms can produce 4 cocoons every week if conditions are right! Once a worm lets go of its cocoon, it moves on and finds another mate the following week, if conditions are right. If your worms are trying to break out of the bin, blame it on worm baggage! 4) Talk about baby factories! “There must be something in the water”! The older worms that have fond memories of the manure they feasted on before you plunged them into that boring, tasteless shredded cardboard may try to escape. ![]() It may work to your advantage to end up with babies and cocoons in your starter batch of worms.Įven though it will take time for the worms to hatch and mature, those that “grow up with you” may adapt better to their surroundings than adults. Worms aren’t like some pregnant ladies that try spicy food to go into labor, but if they were… 3) Adult worms have baggage!ĭon’t gripe about that minuscule bag of red wrigglers you paid $20 for. Red worms don’t have to lug their cocoons around morning, noon and night, growing impatient and grumpy when their babies haven’t hatched. No trips to spicy food restaurants or speed crawling marathons to loosen things up. Worm cocoons can hang out unprotected in snow and ice for weeks and hatch into healthy little wrigglers! Still, we don’t suggest you experiment. ![]() …but it’s no urban legend that red worms can survive a deep freeze. 5 Fun Facts About Red Worm Eggs 1) Walt Disney may not be cryogenically frozen under Disneyland… Red wiggler egg looks like a tiny lemon balloon. Take a gander at this close-up of a red worm cocoon – looks like a miniature lemon. ![]()
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