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.
Living underground and mostly out of sight, squiggly earthworms seem like such humble, mundane organisms -- that is, unless it's Australia's Giant Gippsland earthworm, which is believed to be the world's largest species of worm.ative to southeastern state of Victoria, and found only in the Bass River Valley of South Gippsland, the Giant Gippsland worm (Megascolides australis) measures on average 3.3 feet (1 metre) long, and 0.79 inches (2 centimeters) in diameter, and weighs about 0.44 lb (200 grams).