"Janet Baraclough" wrote in message
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Emrys asked Susie of Arran whether she had tried a night hunt for
snails eating her rhubarb. No need; snail populations and activity are
minimal in Scotland. On the Scottish mainland (much colder than here),
I very rarely saw one, and never bigger than my little finger nail. Here
on Arran where it's mild, there are a few more, the biggest the size of
my thumbnail, with thin, striped pastel shells. Maybe I spot one of
these small pretty snails once or twice in a month.

My relatives gardens around London and the Home Counties have hundreds
of huge rapacious grey/brown snails the size of a walnut.

The question for urglers is; where does the UK's Big Rapacious Snail
zone start and finish? With global warming, are they advancing
northwards?

Janet.



--
Isle of Arran Open Gardens weekend 21,22,23 July 2006
5 UKP three-day adult ticket (funds go to island charities) buys entry
to 26 private gardens

It's a social housing thingy. Northern slugs can't afford a roof over their
heads:-)
I do remember a lot of snails in Dumfries but never saw one in my last
garden in W. Yorkshire, which was only a short distance away from other folk
who were plagued by them.
My current garden, 2 miles from my previous house, is host to both snails
and slugs. The most troublesome is a very small one (1-2mm) which appears to
do most damage, but that's probably because I have difficulty in seeing
them.
I blame the snails for giving lily beetles a lift from the Sarf of England.