On a cloudy day recently, I happened to be outside and Lo and Behold!!! What did I see? Canadian Nightcrawlers out on our lawn….together….in broad daylight!! Oh my. I didn’t really want to stare because I felt a little embarrassed. But I couldn’t help it, I just had to watch…but only for a little while. After all, they should have some privacy.
Later I checked on them and they were gone. Mission accomplished…….Either that or the birds got them!
Canadian Nightcrawlers live in our lawns. The have permanent burrows that can be at least four feet deep. They normally come to the surface at night to mate and find food, which they bring into their burrows. Seeing them in the daytime is rare…unless their burrows have been flooded. Direct sunlight kills them.
They are not composting worms and should not be used for that. Normally they are used for fishing. They will not breed in captivity, unless they are able to make a deep burrow. If you want good worms for composting, get the red wigglers, European Nightcrawlers or the African Nightcrawlers.
Has anyone else seen this is in the daytime? This is a first for me.
stocked with 500 lbs. of catfish on July 13th and again on July 20th. We thought that maybe today would be the day that we would finally catch a fish out there…….we haven’t had much luck in the past. We keep going back though because we love it out there. It’s very peaceful and the scenery is beautiful.
Actually, we only saw one other person catch a fish. Maybe he caught the last one!
they have tough skin and stay alive in the water for a long time and because of that, we didn’t need very many worms. I heard that they even hold up well in brackish water.
Anyway……back to the point. Throughout a scout’s ‘career’ she earns badges that she can put on her vest or sash. These badges are called petals, try-its, junior badges or IPs depending on the age level of the scout. Criteria has to be accomplished in order to earn each badge. Our daughter’s Brownie leader likes to have each girl demonstrate how to earn a try-it. I think that this is great because it teaches each girl responsibility and leadership traits. 
Our daughter decided to do the “Fishing” try-it so on May 31st her troop went to the Contra Loma reservoir to learn about fishing. After she demonstrated the tackle box, how 
to cast, how to bait a hook and went over safety related issues, it was time to try out our luck at fishing. We, of course, brought our worms along to fish with. We decided to use the 
