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- Sat Jan 30, 2021 1:12 pm
- Forum: Worms & Wormeries
- Topic: Help needed! bugs and keeping a wormery inside
- Replies: 10
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Re: Help needed! bugs and keeping a wormery inside
ok fantastic. Thank you very much for the further information. greatly appreciated! I have been a bit concerned about oxygen levels with my setup, considering it is tucked away inside too. This is the first time i've tried out worm composting so it's all learning for me. Will be problem solving this...
- Fri Jan 29, 2021 3:25 pm
- Forum: Worms & Wormeries
- Topic: Help needed! bugs and keeping a wormery inside
- Replies: 10
- Views: 13383
Re: Help needed! bugs and keeping a wormery inside
Ok i finally got to computer to resize images. The bug problem is looking much better which is great news for the wormery. They have seemly disappeared from the utility room and wormery. So that is good they don't feed from the the actual contents, and it was the design of the bin setup I made which...
- Tue Jan 26, 2021 10:02 pm
- Forum: Worms & Wormeries
- Topic: Help needed! bugs and keeping a wormery inside
- Replies: 10
- Views: 13383
Re: Help needed! bugs and keeping a wormery inside
Hi thanks again for the reply. I had a look into Springtails but these have wings. I managed to take a good zoomed up photo of one and and example of scale. They gather by the bedroom window as closest light source. Accounts seem to be carpet beetle, plaster beetle, biscuit beetle etc the ones here ...
- Mon Jan 25, 2021 6:57 pm
- Forum: Worms & Wormeries
- Topic: Help needed! bugs and keeping a wormery inside
- Replies: 10
- Views: 13383
Re: Help needed! bugs and keeping a wormery inside
Hi! Thank you for replying! I am sorry to take so long, I thought I might get an email alert and didn't check back here. Your response is very valuable, thank you again. I think they could very well be springtails. They are little black insects, that can fly. They seemed to fit the description of bl...
- Mon Jan 18, 2021 6:16 pm
- Forum: Worms & Wormeries
- Topic: Help needed! bugs and keeping a wormery inside
- Replies: 10
- Views: 13383
Help needed! bugs and keeping a wormery inside
Hello I have had my wormery for most of a year now but in need of urgent advice with the following problem. I am deeply troubled by my failure to keep a sustainable healthy home for the worms. What seem to be carpet beetles (from identifying them online) are breeding from my wormery, which I keep it...