Talk:Eisenia fetida

message: So ... what is the source for suggesting that E. fetida will 'damage the environment' of certain soils? Is there a reference to this? Seems very unlikely to me -- they're compost worms, so are more likely to leave soils at speed looking for appropriate habitats. jake b 20:39, 6 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Concerns

message: Should the specific name be spelled foetida or fetida?  There seem to be many references to both on the internet.  It seems strange, though, that we're using one spelling in the title of the article and a different one in the body. Andy M. (talk) 22:16, 4 November 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Aren't you in the zoological nomenclature business as well? — Klimenok (talk) 12:57, 4 October 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: I rather suspect that the answer is that foetida is correct, but scientists and writers get lazy and adopt American spelling. The same is seen with mediaeval, paedophile, etc.Royalcourtier (talk) 03:42, 18 August 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: Agree! In Europe we originally have foetida. --85.181.42.31 (talk) 06:51, 13 September 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  foetida or fetida? 

message: This is the last sentence in the lead section:
The composting process is known as vermiculture, with an end result of vermicompost.
Seems to me that vermiculture means growing worms and vermicomposting means using worms to create compost.
I think the sentence would better read:
The composting process is known as vermicomposting, and the end product as vermicompost.
???  Wanderer57 (talk) 21:11, 12 February 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Vermiculture? 

message: I have deleted this as it is quite clearly inappropriate for this article. Perhaps the author of this section could set up a page for this, and put a link from this page. 155.198.148.119 (talk) 19:03, 4 May 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Destructor beast": huge section about use in India 

message: Shouldn't Red wiggler redirect to here instead of Earthworm?
Especially since Red Wiggler redirects here.
When i look at this worm i eat it.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.190.131.246 (talk) 16:50, 26 October 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Redirection 

message: There should be more information about their distribution. I don't want it to be America-centric, the above article on invasives says they aren't known to survive winter.173.8.113.1 (talk) 13:26, 11 April 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Distributions 

message: Why is this article protected?  It seems very sparse for such a popular subject and not very contentious.  Has there been problems in the past?--Nowa (talk) 21:56, 25 October 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: It was protected because of a very persistent spammer who repeatedly posted spam to this article and other earthworm-related articles over a period of several years, but it is no longer protected. The editor who uses the pseudonym "JamesBWatson" (talk) 13:53, 29 July 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks--Nowa (talk) 00:48, 30 July 2016 (UTC)
thread_title: Article protection

message: Please ad this subsection:
==Etymology==
The genus Eisenia is named after the Svedish scientist Gustav Eisen. The adjectival f(o)etida is derived from latin, according to the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature, meaning "fouls-smelling".
Thank you --85.181.42.31 (talk) 07:07, 13 September 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Etymology 

message: Shouldn't there be some mention of red wiggler use as fishing bait? (Versus, say nightcrawlers?) I'm not finding any scientific articles on the subject, but anecdotally, I can say that every bait shop I ever went to had red wigglers on hand, and there are loads of websites (and differing opinions) advertising them if you look up "red wigglers as bait." Seems like a pretty big oversight, but I don't know what type of link to offer as a ref. Just a suggestion. O0drogue0o (talk) 10:35, 22 January 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Uses