After 9 months of trying to get a crappy bunch of baby worms up to
speed in a worm bin, I finally want to pull out some worm
compost/manure!

Well, those little reddish "eggs" that had always been laying atop the
dirt and under the lid started crawling on my hand when I tried to
dump it out !!!! (maybe 3 cu. ft. of heavy wet 'dirt'/manure/compost).

I 'guess' they are ticks...too small to get a good look but too hard
to squish between my fingers.

You think I can spray it with Neem Oil solution without killing the
worms? Will that kill the ticks?

Any other ideas?

Thx,
John in Houston