"Nick Maclaren" wrote in message
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In article ,
"suspicious minds" writes:
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| I have read the site that Franz is on about and indeed it does say that
the
| worms for composting can be obtained from your garden. What I think
confuses
| Franz is the different types of worms that can be found in the garden.
The
| site mentions that tiger worms etc are just fancy names for what are
| commonly known as brandlings (Eisenia foetida) and redworms and can
easily
| be collected from compost heaps and under stones etc. It does not say
that
| earthworms( Lumbricus terrestis) which found on lawns etc and are
commonly
| known as lobworms are suitable for wormeries.I do not have the URL

Er, not quite.

Lumbricus rubellus is called both the redworm and earthworm, even
in the latter term's more restrictive sense, and are (as far as I
know) called tiger worms only by the less reputable sort of worm
farm salesman. The term "lobworm" is more often used nowadays for
the lugworm (Arenicola marina) than any Lumbricus, but used to be
used for the latter. Lumbricus terrestris was also called the
dew-worm or dew-crawler.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.

Genarally speaking most non marine worms are "earthworms"
those most suitable for wormeries are brandlings (Eisenia foetida) and
redworm (Lumbricus rubellus)
Lobworm is used for (Lumbricus terrestris) look at any UK coarse(
freshwater) angling site, aka night crawler in America.
There are two marine species of lugworm, black lug (Arenicola defodiens )
and blow lug ( Arenicola marina) some dictionaries will refer to lugworm as
a lobworm but I have never heard any UK sea angler call the marine lugworm a
lobworm, look at any UK sea angling site
Lobworm =non marine
Lugworm = marine