You can also see several cocoons in the casting material and a baby red wiggler on the right edge.

Note the swollen band around the midsection. Two adult worms will lie side-by-side with their clitella touching to mate. See the photo below for an example of what to look for. When adult worms are ready to reproduce, their clitella (the distinctive band around the worm’s midsection) will swell up. If you want to see an amazing image, check out this one, where you can even see some babies inside! Red wiggler cocoons. The photo at the top of this post is the best red wiggler cocoon photo I was able to take in 2009. They are about the size of a grain of rice, but slightly fatter. Red wiggler cocoons are translucent and amber colored. Keep the temperatures/humidity levels the same, and don’t change their diet or feeding schedule.ġ. It won’t be difficult to see, and if you see these signs, don’t change a thing.

You will see several signs of worm reproduction, if it’s happening. If the conditions aren’t ideal, the cocoon can remain dormant for several weeks longer.Ī baby red wiggler will be ready to reproduce itself in 1.5 to 3 months time.

If the conditions are right, the cocoon can provide three or four baby worms in as little as a month’s time. The cocoons have varying gestation periods, depending on the conditions in the worm bin. However, it still takes two red wigglers to produce a cocoon.

I will simply refer you to other websites to learn more about the specifics, but it’s worth noting here that red wigglers are asexual, in that they possess both male and female reproductive systems. This is a sign of maintaining a worm bin properly, and will help your worm casting process proceed even faster. If you have your worm bin in the proper environmental conditions, if you are feeding the proper amounts of food, and if you are maintaining the right moisture levels in the bin, after approximately 90 days, your worm population might be happy enough to reproduce. Now, I want to discuss some of what you might see after about three months of running your worm bin. If you followed our guide from last weekend about setting up your own worm bin, you now have a new home for some worms. A red wiggler cocoon is very interesting to see up close.

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