When you do the worm, get a bunch of little animals, attracted by the trash that you put the worms. Although the vast majority do not affect your Vermiculture, it can become a problem if they become a pest, the only ones who want them to be pests are worms.
Finally, one of the nosy you'll see in your lombricario are soldier fly larvae. These are similar to larvae of flies (I assume you've seen them) and do nothing damage to compete for food. The soldier fly larvae have some advantages:
- They eat food that is not yet ready to earthworms
- Worms can take advantage of their stool (Yuk!, But you want, they like the food " processed ")
- If I put a" ladder "was out alone in the cradle of worms
- Adults will get to jump to the flies, so when there are fewer soldiers present.
However, the fly soldier has a problem and competition for food. Unlike earthworms, which are slow, the fly is very aggressive soldier for food and the worms are normally kept on the sidelines.
This can lead to your worms will starve or emigrate for lack of food, especially if you let all the new food very much in the area. Not good. It is noteworthy that flies are not so bad, do not carry parasites like the others and, in some places, have been considered as an alternative to process organic waste . Will not know how those waves, but it is worth having more options, especially if you are quick to process and can serve as food for other animals.
Finally, the soldier fly can become a problem, but it is relatively easy to solve:
bury more food. The soldier fly larvae are more superficial than the worms. When I dig in cribs rarely find myself soldier fly larvae in the background, the vast majority are on the surface.
Cover your crib. The adult is relatively large, if you cover your bed with mosquito netting or something, can not lay eggs. Moreover can, but you want, so things are. Stir
your Vermiculture material. Although many people say they do not stir the material because the worms are stressed, I think it's more stress than they are about your eating larvotas food. When you stop stirring all the food ready for earthworms in areas where they can achieve and there is no problem with you being starved as larvae eat just what was up.
The soldier fly is not harmful but it can be a problem. This is presented (at least in my case) when you include plenty of fruit in the birthplace of worms. It is best to cover your cradle and prevent the larvae are given canned.
Sure you can put a "cradle" of soldiers, you more or less the same as a cradle of worm, but worms (worm but would not be good, here you can buy "quesadillas" potato ...) . If you arrive the solder, will eat all the fruit and leave you ready material for your worms. Do not wait years for the compost.
soldier flies need a dark, dry Lugas pupating, so I just Put a ladder to the edge of his crib and leave alone. A full swing, right?
The larvae of many things will always be part of the biomass of your Vermiculture, so you have to learn to identify and live with them. Although it has a while, I leave a post, Mosca Soldado To Aquaponics, with a picture of soldier fly larvae and a perspective from aquaponics.
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