European Nightcrawler

The European Nightcrawler is rapidly becoming the ideal bait and live food worm. The European Nightcrawler is in the red worm family that originated in Europe. Also called Big Red, the Belgium Worm, and the Carolina Crawler its scientific name is Eisenia Hortensis. European Nightcrawlers are not only the toughest and most active worms on the market, but are the only earthworm that can be used successfully in salt water. Nightcrawlers have been used for ice fishing in the frigid waters of Northwestern British Columbia, and have been found to be still active on the hook after 30 minutes in the water under 18" of ice!

The European Nightcrawler is also a good food source for birds, turtles, reptilians, exotic pets, and small pond and aquarium fish.

The European Nightcrawler will grow longer (up to four or five inches) and fatter (about as thick as a pencil) than our common red worm but are still a perfect fit to your worm farm. Like the common red worm, the European Nightcrawlers make good composting worms for your compost heap, although they eat a little less and breed a little slower (approximately 1 egg capsule per week) they are remarkably effective for vermicomposting.

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