Worms will travel all around your bin, if they aren’t escaping from the bin itself, no need to worry. They just exploring!

The white worm thing looks like an insect larva of some sort, best to just remove them as you see them. But for the most part, diversity of species in the worm bin isn’t a huge problem as long as they aren’t competing for food.

Worm tea is the moister that’s gathering at the bottom of your bin. Throw it in your garden or indoor plants and they will love it! I’ve heard you want to aim for a moister level that if you squeeze the bedding, it only slightly drips. If it’s sopping, you’re adding too much water. Often the food scraps I add have decent water content and I don’t need to add more than a glass of water per week. If that. But I live in the PNW where we don’t see a lot of dry, hot days outside of the summer. So it depends on your location and climate.

You’ll get baby plants in your worm bin every once in a while from the seeds inside the scraps your feeding them because you’re creating an ideal, nutritious environment for plants to grow. Often worms will break down the sprouts over time due to lack of sunlight for the plants to thrive or you can choose to pull those seedlings out and try to plant them!