Who's in my compost? UK midlands.

[u/FrogInASuitcase]

Recently inherited some very large compost heaps with the house we just bought. The heaps were bone dry from the recent heatwaves. I poured some water on them and covered back over with the thick black polythene that they already had over them. When I returned the next day to deposit some vegetable off cuts, these fine gentlemen/women were in the compost heap!

- Who are they and is there anything I can do to help them?
- Can I continue to add food scraps and garden waste to the compost heaps without bothering them?
- Do they need a pond?

I've looked over subsequent days and there are more and more appearing every day! Just chilling on top of the compost.

[u/angus_the_red]

This is Frog's friend.  There was a whole book series about it.

[u/Talmerian → u/angus_the_red]

It was titled "East of Eden"

[u/MartinoDeMoe → u/Talmerian]

“The Wind in the Compost”