The cocoons start as clear, then turn white, yellow, and finally reddish-brown when ready to hatch. After the pupa matures, the worm is ready to come into the soil as a hatchling. This process is about 23 days. As long as all of the conditions are correctly met, the earthworm should start to peek its head out. nightcrawler, can easily be confused with the red wiggler. The blueish tint is what will give away its Fugglers were founded in 2010 by a British woman known as Mrs. McGettric, who created the concept after encountering individual denture teeth and envisioning them as looking funny on teddy bears. The Red Wiggler will also produce castings that can be used to add nutrients to the soil. These castings are available as soon as the worm processes the organic material. Although it can be tempting to throw all of your food waste into the composting bin, it will undoubtedly lead to a disaster. You want to feed your worm’s organic material. This concept means that you supply the worms uncooked things that grew naturally, or you feed them things that are cooked, but with no additives or preservatives.

Items that are not available in store will take 3-5 working days (excluding weekends and bank holidays) to be delivered to your nominated store. They're based in convenient locations including supermarkets, newsagents and train stations. Plus they're often open late and on Sundays.

The day Fuggler arrived we weren’t even home, we’d headed out to a local beach totally unaware that a mystery parcel was waiting for us. The Red Wiggler will consume up to half of its weight in nitrogen (food waste) and paper or leaves (carbon) daily. The feeding ratio for food scraps is 2:1 per worm. If you have one pound of red worms, then you need ½ of a pound of food per day. Don’t over-science it though. Start with smaller amounts of food and increase servings until you find the right balance. Having recently adopted a new family pet in our lovely cat Louie, I have absolutely adored having a new addition to the family; the same can’t be said when Charlie was recently sent a Fuggler to live in our house. Charlie could not wait to meet his new pal but I opened the box with trepidation of this hideous new beast that was going to be sleeping under our roof. Charlie is almost ten and he’s showing a few signs of turning into a full-blown grumpy teenager already so I felt that adopting a Fuggler could potentially be like lighting a fuse and creating as rather gruesome twosome – and I was right. But, as long as she makes herself useful I guess. (P.S. If these are your glasses sorry, I have no idea where she got them from).

Not content with the breakfast mess, he then moved himself into Charlie’s sisters bedroom where he promptly headed towards their kitchen and helped himself to all their finest cakes and cups of tea. The cheeky git doesn’t share either and probably will threaten you with his trusty tape. Unwanted Food or Drink Products - Once supply conditions are broken, there are a number of factors outside of our control that can affect the quality of a product. Therefore perishable goods such as food and drink cannot be returned. The worm is fully mature when the clitellum swells around their bodies. These worms have both male and female reproductive organs, but still require another worm to reproduce. During the reproductive phase, the two of them will bind together and secrete albumin, which will form into a cocoon.

What is a Fuggler?

This is a post from Sam, co-founder of Dafuq Is Dis and SEN Mummy of 3 boys Alex (9, ASD & ADHD), Foley (6, PDA) and Harrison (3). She works with me looking at the weird and wonderful side of the internet as well as testing toys for older children. Of course, a Fuggler review sounded right up her alley. What on earth are Fugglers? Turns out, hide and seek is no fun if the humans are too scared to look for you so she soon made her presence known.