Snails, where art thou?
 

"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.

Snails, where art thou?
 

"Rupert (W.Yorkshire)" writes

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.

When I moved up here, we had loads of slugs but very few snails, now we
have both.

Amongst the slugs, it is the smaller species which do the most damage to
living plants - the larger ones prefer dead stuff.
--
Kay

Snails, where art thou?
 

"Rupert (W.Yorkshire)" wrote in message
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It's a social housing thingy. Northern slugs can't afford a roof over
their
heads:-)

the slugs in North west England can afford houses - bloomin big ones too. I
can vouch for that - as I walk along I feel a pang of guilt as I hear the
crunch underfoot.