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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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