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Snails, where art thou?
"Janet Baraclough" wrote in message ... 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. |
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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 |
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Snails, where art thou?
"Rupert (W.Yorkshire)" wrote in message ... 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. |
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