Compost Worm - Eisenia veneta
Typical size of adult is 7cm. The whole body is stripy on its upper surface when moving. The upper surface has dark red bands, with a pale pink or yellowish band in between. The saddle is usually paler than the rest of the body.
Eisenia fetida is also striped but has a red-brown clitellum, the same as the main body colour.
A photo is required showing the striped body and the clitellum.
Usually found in garden compost but can also occur in wet, decaying leaf litter, under damp bark and in organic-rich soils and manure heaps.
All year round.
Graham Calow
Sapcote
04 April 2014
note the pale saddle
Barbara Cooper
Long Clawson
13 June 2014
in compost bin, with pale saddle
Leicestershire & Rutland Map
Enter a town or village to see local records
MAP KEY:
Yellow squares = NBN records (all known data)
Coloured circles = NatureSpot records: 2025+ | 2020-2024 | pre-2020
UK Map
Species profile
- Species group:
- Worms
- Kingdom:
- Animalia
- Order:
- Crassiclitellata
- Family:
- Lumbricidae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 1
- First record:
- 15/07/2017 (Sykes, Janet)
- Last record:
- 15/07/2017 (Sykes, Janet)
Total records by month
% of records within its species group
10km squares with records
The latest images and records displayed below include those awaiting verification checks so we cannot guarantee that every identification is correct. Once accepted, the record displays a green tick.
In the Latest Records section, click on the header to sort A-Z, and again to sort Z-A. Use the header boxes to filter the list.