URGENT: Little brown dots in worms?!

[StarSapphire22]

A forum member was kind enough to send me 100 red wiggler worms to help me start my worm farm for my boxies. I got the package this morning and its COVERED in these little brown bugs. I'm just starting to raise worms...are these babies, larvae, whatever? Mites? I don't want to add anything to my existing setup before knowing what they are. Pics in just a minute.

 

[StarSapphire22]

Here they are!

 

[T33's Torts]

I don't know what they are, but EWWWWWWWWW!

 

[StarSapphire22]

I don't know what they are, but EWWWWWWWWW!

That's what I said! At the moment I am trying to just pick out worms. It's going...ok I guess.

 

[jaizei]

http://www.nyworms.com/earthworm_mites.htm

 

[T33's Torts]

Scroll down to "mites" http://www.naturesfootprint.com/community/articles/worm-bin

 

[T33's Torts]

http://www.nyworms.com/earthworm_mites.htm

Damn! One step behind ya.

 

[Yvonne G]

Get some sort of screen - a mesh with small holes - and dump the whole thing on the screen then gently run the hose over it, rinsing off the worms. The little mites will go through the screen and the worms will be clean. However, make sure where you do this you don't care if you have a mite infestation.

 

[tortoisetime565]

Get some sort of screen - a mesh with small holes - and dump the whole thing on the screen then gently run the hose over it, rinsing off the worms. The little mites will go through the screen and the worms will be clean. However, make sure where you do this you don't care if you have a mite infestation.

So like a neighbors that you hate?

 

[Abdulla6169]

So like a neighbors that you hate?

Can't you do it in the garbage can? It's easier, just find out when the garbage truck comes and do it before that That way you don't get a complaint in the police!