Reproduction of E. undrei in fresh green waste
(Table 1) showed a clear density effect simiiar to that
found by Tomlin and Miller (1980) who reported that
densities of 2,4, and 6 E. fetidu per dish, fed on cattle
manure, produced 2.0, 1.2. and 0.8 cocoons worm ’
week _ ‘. The number of hatchlings cocoon ’ was
3.45, 2.47 and 2.56. Van Gestel et al. (1992) grew
E. andrei in soil and cow dung and obtained between
1.48 and 1.70 cocoons worm _ ’ week ‘. Viability was
93.1% and 3.77 hatchlings week ~’ were produced.
Sheppard (1988), for three intra-specific crosses of
E. andrei fed on cow dung, obtained 1.15 cocoons
worm-’ week-’ with a viability of 74% and a mean
number of 2.86 progeny per cocoon. Cluzeau et al.
(1992) reported a figure of 1.8 cocoons worm _ ’
week-’ for E. andrei. Clearly, fresh green waste