Q&A for How to Find Worms

Possibly, but more likely you'll only be able to catch the worms that were already in that spot before you began digging.

You can check in your garden. Try looking after it rains, as that will be the easiest time to find them.

Look under things like rocks and leaves. You could add your own water to the soil if you want to make it more moist.

You'll have the most luck in shady areas under rocks and piles of leaves or grass clippings.

There are more than 4,400 different types of worms There are 2,700 different types of earthworms alone, and there are about 1,200 types of inchworms.

Spend some time just watching them until you feel comfortable enough to handle them carefully.

The tail of the worm can't grow a new head, but the head can grow a new tail (sometimes).

Yes, earthworms are very common.

If looking for worms, not very deep. Any where with dead leaves or moist in the shade will be full of earthworms.

Underground. On a rainy day go outside and you'll see them crawl out.

If you put water into dirt, you probably will need to wait a while for the worms to rise to the surface.

Either a red worm or nightcrawler. You could also keep superworms or mealworms, but you have to buy them at a pet store.

You can try to use earthworms, as they could work. However, they may rip off easily so they may not be the best bait.

Worms usually live in damp and dark places, with a lot of decaying items. If you don't like touching worms, wear gloves for handling. They are harmless but you should always wash your hands after handling them.

Worms can be found in damp and dark areas. They prefer areas with a lot of organic material, such as fallen and rotten leaves. You can find worms under logs, stones, and clumps of leaves. Just be careful when searching though, because lots of creepy crawlies like the same environment as worms and you want to avoid being bitten.

No. Worms can be found in damp and dark places with a lot of organic material such as fallen and rotten leaves. So you can search under stones logs are any clumps of leaves.

No. But you can search for worms in damp and dark areas: under stones, rotten logs, and rotten clumps of leaves!

The best soil to look in will be moist and either in a shaded area or sheltered under rocks.

Red wiggler composting worms eat roughly half their weight every day. So, if your daily average food waste is 2 lbs, you will need roughly 4 lbs of composting worms to eat that amount each day. In this scenario, 4 lbs of worms is your optimal worm composting herd.

Not easily. The ground is still frozen but you can try digging deep underground then you may find worms under the frozen layer.