Incredibly, 2007âs staggering volume is almost 38 percent higher than 2006 and almost double the 2005 figure. The value of the blade market is often estimated simply as a percentage of the turbine market. It is generally assumed that blades account for 15 to 20 percent of the total purchase price of wind turbines.
The two most common species of earthworms in Northern Virginia are the Common Earthworm, or nightcrawler (Lumbricus terrestris) and the Red Earthworm (Lumbricus rubellus). These earthworms were introduced from Europe many years ago.
While, as the name earthworm suggests, the main habitat of earthworms is in soil, the situation is more complicated than that. The brandling worm Eisenia fetida lives in decaying plant matter and manure.