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Somethings eating my worn farm

layna

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Okay so I have a little worm farm set up to feed my axies. Recently ive noticed that theres these little white bugs all over the worms. Does anyone know what they could be or if they are infact eating my worm?
 
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Those are most likely springtails. They're no harm to anything! :) Google them or look them up on the forum, to make sure they look like springtails.

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Thanks for your help :D
Yeah they are like little tiny white dots but they seem to be all over my dead/dying worms and i wondered if they were killing them. Ive read somewhere that mites eat your worms by sucking their blood :eek:
Shall i just leave the mud to dry out a little then leave them too it?
 
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Oooh I had the same little monsters. Thanks! I can sleep now :)
 
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I only had baby worms left anyway so ive dumped them in the garden and ive bought some fresh ones to start again :)
Mine must have come with the last lot of worms though as my worm farm is upstairs in the office...nowhere near any outside mud!
 
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