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What on earth do earthworms eat?!

Feed: Since the earthworm is an omnivorous insect, there are many types of feed, which can be divided into three categories:

Concentrated feed: mainly the leftovers from grain and oil processing, such as wheat bran, rice bran, sesame cake, bean cake, cottonseed cake, and tofu dregs.

Powder residue (dried) etc. can generally be fed raw. They are more edible after being fried and fragrant, but do not fry them until they are burnt.

Green fodder: mainly fruits, vegetables, leaves, grass roots, etc., such as the skin and flesh of cucumber, winter melon and pumpkin, fruit branches and peels of pear, persimmon, peach, plum, orange, etc., sweet potato, sesame, castor, broad bean, pea, astragalus, cotton, green vegetables, cabbage, wild rice stem, lettuce, amaranth, cabbage leaves, as well as leaves of mulberry, poplar, willow, paulownia, fig, etc. can be fed, but care must be taken to keep them fresh and clean.

Animal feed: such as leftovers from pigs, cattle, sheep, chickens, ducks, geese, rabbits, fish, etc. from canteens and homes, which are generally fed cooked food.

Feeding should be done in a proper way, at a proper time and in a proper amount according to the age, season and development stage of the insects.

Earthworm

Generally, they look for food in the surface layer of the breeding soil, and the method of scattering feed can be adopted. Because the insects are mostly concentrated on the edge of the pit, more should be scattered around the pit and five fingers should be inserted into the soil for 2-3 cm to dig the soil several times to mix the feed into the surface layer of the soil. The first-instar nymphs are not yet able to eat green feed, so green feed can be added after the second instar. Nymphs above the fifth instar all come out of the soil to look for food, so a layer of rice husk can be sprinkled on the surface of the breeding soil, and a few pieces of plastic cloth or wooden boards can be laid on the rice husk as a food board, and the fine feed can be sprinkled on it. In this way, the earthworms come out to look for food, and there is no mud on the insect body when passing through the rice husk, which can keep the feed clean and avoid waste. Every 3-4 days, brush the plastic cloth once, which is good for the insect body. In the months with low temperature, you can feed once every other day. In the months with high temperature, feed twice a day, feed green feed in the morning and feed fine feed in the evening, keep the food fresh, and do not feed moldy feed. The insects' food intake decreases significantly before and after molting, and they stop eating completely during molting. At this time, feed less concentrated feed or no feed, and resume normal feeding after a large number of insect skins are found on the surface of the breeding soil.

What do you feed wild turtles?

It is best to feed fresh small fish, shrimp, mealworms, and occasionally some chopped fruits and vegetables. You can even feed chopped raw meat, as long as it is fresh.