Dendro worm bait

To keep your dendros lively for several weeks, pair them with our WormFood: sprinkle a thin layer twice a week and add a splash of water. If you're breeding them, using WORMboost as a supplement helps them reproduce.

For bedding, our coconut coir block is washed, free of additives and fertilizers, and well suited to raising fishing worms. Just rehydrate it. Every order already includes our own bedding, weighing twice as much as the worms.

Dendros are shipped year-round. They are sorted, weighed, and packed on the day they ship, in 3.5 oz (100 g) and 8.8 oz (250 g) boxes or in 1.1 lb (500 g) and 2.2 lb (1 kg) bags. The stated weight is for the worms alone (2.4–3.9 in (6–10 cm) long, 0.06 oz (1.7 g) on average). We add twice that weight in our own bedding, in micro-perforated packaging that keeps them ventilated and moist.

In summer, we include an ice pack with the package, and in very hot weather (over 95 °F (35 °C)), we wait for the right moment to ship. Order a few days before your fishing trip.

Yes, the dendro is a popular live food for insectivores and omnivores. The product page especially recommends it for Thamnophis snakes, Tiliqua lizards, and Litoria frogs. Poultry (chickens, ducks) and pigeons can also enjoy them as an occasional treat.

Sitting between the red wiggler and the Canadian nightcrawler in size, the dendro is a good fit for medium-sized animals. Many of our customers also feed it to their axolotls as part of a varied diet.

Dendros are hardy and easy to keep: place the box somewhere cool (basement, bottom of the refrigerator), and they will stay lively for several weeks. One customer even tells us they keep them for at least 3 months with a few precautions.

To keep your dendros healthy and active, give them our WormFood in a thin layer twice a week, with a splash of water to keep them moderately moist. For storage over several months, change their bedding about once a month (natural fiber substrate or coco coir block).

Yes: the dendro is one of the composting worms and is part of our three-species mix (under the name Eisenia hortensis). It is especially effective on tougher materials and handles temperature swings well, in both summer and winter.

Dendro worms can be a bit adventurous during the first few days, so add a layer of slightly damp cardboard on top while they settle in. To start a worm composter, our mixed Eisenia composting worms are still the most complete choice.

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