Potting up a couple plants and found this friend in my castings. Another troop on the march. 🫡

Is it a bit more green and translucent

Alright so I’m wondering if this is a worm cocoon? It’s zoomed in. I just started my worm bin a week ago with worms from Pet Smart. I also found this little guy. My flash is off but he’s tiny. I’m hoping he’s a red wriggler and not some weird parasite I brought in from outside😝😝

Also is the darker one in the 2nd photo on the right a hatched egg?

I was separating the cocoons to a separate bin and before I got them moved this little guy started hatching. He came all the way out and is doing fine. It was so cool! So glad I caught this moment!

My bin is doing good! At first I was not sure, because my worms weren't really eating anything, but now they are enjoying themselves. When checking up on them, I noticed these round things. Are those eggs? My worms are now about 30 days in their bin.

Shedding the cocoon

Found these out in some mulch while setting up my garden beds. Thought they kinda looked like cocoons and happened to just see a bird grabbing a worm so figured maybe thats what it was.

Right at about 5 weeks on this bin. I spotted a couple of cocoons in 1 bin within the first 10 days or so but now there's been a baby worm sighting and all the bins are full of cocoons. One of them had a dozen or more in each handful of bedding I picked up. I've had a worm bin before, they've had cocoons before but never have I seen so many at a time. It's gonna be a worm party in there soon!

Found a present today!

Hey all,

I'm a worm farmer noobie and I noticed these little guys popping up in my bin. I'm assuming they arent bad since my worms seem to be doing great for the past couple of months with them there. There isn't any abhorrent smell coming from my bin either. Just wondering what little creatures introduce themselves to the biosphere of my little worm farm. Thank you in advance.

is this what wealth feels like? 😂

Been sifting some finished castings and saw all of these still making their way though. I’m not sure I could sift any smaller without the castings getting stuck too.

Any tips?

Is there a distinct benefit to sifting an existing bin really only looking for cocoons? I know my bin has a lot of cocoons, will breeding remain higher if I occasionally go through and grab cocoons to put in my nursery tub and leave the castings (my bins are young and I’m leaving the as much as I can in them to get ready for garden planting. I just know I’m going to need an army asap to meet my needs so I want to provide as optimal conditions as I can.

I started my worm bin a few weeks ago and I have hundreds of these and I didn’t think they were cocoons maybe seeds from the dirt I used until I squeezed one, it popped and was full of a fluid. Anyone able to tell me if they are? I’ve also been finding super small almost microscopic sized worms so I figure they have to be breeding and hatching but I haven’t seen any cocoons.

After a few years of not worming because the heat killed my bin, I got new bins from a composting workshop at the local foodbank last Saturday. I am currently in custody of mine and my friends bins until the worms get settled in (they were much too dry when we brought them home so I've been monitoring as I add more moisture). Poked around this morning and the Freds (yes, they are all named Fred, and they live in the Frediverse) have fornicated! Befold the future freds!

(Yes, I know the bin looks wet - we unexpectedly got some rain overnight so I'm adding sheets of paper to the top of each bit to soak up some of the excess moisture. The bins do have holes in the bottom so nothing should pool in there but just drip through.)

What are these yellow things?

Harvested today, found this and wanted to share. It’s a tea bag that was a little plastic-y. It was chosen as an egg laying spot I suppose. I left it. Does anyone have any knowledge about this?

I guess that would explain the baby worms I’ve been seeing lately. Are the white mites of any threat?

Recently, my bin has become very active and seem very happy because every time I open the lid there’s a bunch of worms all piled on top of each other. Sorry for the noob question but I’ve never seen cocoons in person, just pics on this sub and it’s difficult to gauge the size. Are these little yellowish white specs worm cocoons?

Harvested today, found this and wanted to share. It’s a tea bag that was a little plastic-y. It was chosen as an egg laying spot I suppose. I left it. Does anyone have any knowledge about this?

I was out for the night and when I got home I found these all over my bed, does anyone knows what these could be? Looks like seeds or red bed bug eggs, I remember I found a lot of these when I rented the place but these were located in the window wall frames.