How do worms breed or reproduce?
Worms are hermaphrodites or intersexes, in that they are both male and female. The fertilized eggs are collected by a ring of mucous on the outside of the body, called the clitellum. As the mucous slides off the tail end it closes, forming a cocoon around the eggs that then go on to develop into baby worms. Each cocoon or egg can contain up to 20 baby worms, however, the average is usually 5 or 6.
