Re: NANFA-- cutting up worms

Bruce Stallsmith (fundulus_at_hotmail.com)
Fri, 30 Mar 2001 11:19:01 -0500

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>I have a decent culture of compost worms going in the basement. The
>darters
>love them but I never seem to be able to get them cut up small enough.
>
>Anyone/everyone want to share how they chop up their worms? What type of
>tool and what type of surface?
>
>Chuck Church
>Indianapolis, Indiana USA
I slice up worms using a straight-edge razor blade in a dissecting pan with
a silicone-like material poured into the bottom. It's the kind of pan you
can buy from Wards or Carolina Biological supply. I have the advantage of
just taking one from the freshman biology lab... otherwise the
slicing&dicing would be messier. The darters certainly thank me for it!

--Bruce Stallsmith
Huntsville, AL

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