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Reproductive Capacity of<br />
Useful Species<br />
Table 1 – Describing the reproductive capacity of three common composting worms<br />
Species<br />
Sexual<br />
Maturity<br />
Time<br />
(days)<br />
No. 0f<br />
Cocoons<br />
Cocoon<br />
Hatching<br />
Time<br />
(days)<br />
Egg<br />
Maturit<br />
y<br />
(days)<br />
Hatching<br />
Success<br />
(%)<br />
No. of<br />
offspr<br />
ing<br />
Net<br />
reprorate/<br />
week<br />
E. Fetida 53-76 3.8 32-73 85-149 83.2 3.3 10.4<br />
E.<br />
eugeniae<br />
P.<br />
excavatus<br />
32-95 3.6 13-27 43-122 81 2.3 6.7<br />
28-56 19.5 16-21 44-71 90.7 1.1 19.4<br />
D. veneta 57-86 1.6 40-126 97-214 81.2 1.1 1.4<br />
Credit – Sinha et al. - 2009
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