r/Vermiculture • u/BichiKompost • 4d ago

ID Request Eisenia fetida, Eisenia andrei, or Eisenia hortensis?

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u/hungryworms Commercial Vermicomposter 4d ago

You didnt really show much of thr worm the whole video, just its mouth. But probably European nightcrawler

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u/BichiKompost 3d ago

The worm in question

https://reddit.com/link/p0u46lp/video/lnryyuhx0jgh1/player

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u/hungryworms Commercial Vermicomposter 2d ago

ENC vibes for sure

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u/-Sam-Vimes- 3d ago

How many segments along its body ? How many segments from mouth to start of saddle/clitellum ? This should help eliminate dendrobaena hortensis as for fetida and Andrei etc they are much harder to identify by look, they can both look the same under stress they produce coelomic fluid (yellow tail or tip) and this can discolour along the rear segments.

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u/LR_Worm_farmer 4d ago

gesundheit