Re: Slug or Nematode?

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• To: T*@bristol.ac.uk, t*@cruzio.com
• Subject: Re: Slug or Nematode?
• From: T* D* <t*@freemail.co.nz>
• Date: Sun, 8 Jun 1997 18:10:45 +1200 (NZST)

At 01:26 AM 5/06/97 +0100, TW. Hatton-Ellis wrote:
>...They probably eat earthworms, slugs etc - some
>have recently been accidentally introduced to Britain from new Zealand,
>and there is a lot of concern about the damage they are doing to native
>earthworm populations.

Now that makes a change, most of the damaging introductions seem to have
been the other way around! The only type of flatworm I come across commonly
in the garden is about 2-4 cm long, a bright orange/red on top and cream
underneath. I have never seen them eating anything else. I tend to find them
under rocks or old bits of concrete - always in dark, damp places.
Tim Dutton		timdut@freemail.co.nz
"Raindrops", Main Road North, Kaitoke, Upper Hutt, New Zealand

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