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Red worms or manure worms can grow to about 5-7 centimetres (3 inches) long and will eat their own weight in garbage every 24 hours. When worms are used in composting it is called vermicomposting.


Beetles killing California oaks


Beetles killing California oaks
An infestation of beetles is killing Northern California oaks. Two types of beetles are the culprits, the Western oak bark beetle and the oak ambrosia beetle. The Western oak bark beetle burrows under the bark of trees until the bark falls off, and the oak ambrosia beetle leaves deadly fungus along its tunnels within the tree. Researchers are unsure why these infestations are occurring, but suggest that climate change has weakened the trees that the beetles are targeting.

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