Storing Night Crawlers ???

[BearLakeFishGuy]

My go-to since I have been a small kid is a styrofoam cooler (with a couple of small holes drilled in the top) with tree leaves and nothing else. I wet the leaves down before putting them in the container. Just damp....not dripping! I do "pack" the leaves down before adding the worms. Not hard, but just to eliminate most of the air spaces from the leave layers. I keep it in my garage (about 6 months of the year) or basement cold storage (in winter and during July/Aug). It is surprising how much heat the worms can take in those leaves. I mist the top layer of leaves occasionally with a spray bottle, but maybe 3-4 times/YEAR. I tried the cornmeal, and it just got moldy and smelled bad. The worms eat the leaves and I'll switch out the leaves in the fall if I have any worms left. Simple, easy, low maintenance.