I would advise that you dump the eggs as soon as you see any, as you know, Karen made the mistake of feeling sorry for them! It’s easier than waiting until they hatch. There’s a very good video YouTube. Fascinating.
Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor.
There's some seriously stylish snails in the sedums.
In other snail news my hairy snail colony has really expanded this year. I'm finding them all over the garden now and not just in the small patch of ivy where I found them originally. There's plenty of little tiny babies too.
If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
Nice selection Wild Edges. I'd say I have seen the 2 top ones in the garden but not sure about the others. The Hairies are quite intriguing - are they restricted to certain areas do you know ?
Two observations with snails, despite my Hostas being turned into lace curtains by small snails, mine won’t touch Hosta leaves. Don't worry about them laying eggs, apparently they eat them.🐌 If you want to keep the eggs you have to remove them from the tank.
Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor.
Nice selection Wild Edges. I'd say I have seen the 2 top ones in the garden but not sure about the others. The Hairies are quite intriguing - are they restricted to certain areas do you know ?
Sorry I missed this. The silky snails are widespread in the UK but they need a damp habitat with dense foliage so they tend to be quite localised. I guess the elevation helps here as we're up in the clouds a lot which keeps things damp and I water the dry stone wall in droughts to keep the plants alive. There's two other species of hairy snail too but the other two don't seem to get recorded in this area.
If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
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Nice pics tho.
There’s a very good video YouTube. Fascinating.
The Hairies are quite intriguing - are they restricted to certain areas do you know ?
Don't worry about them laying eggs, apparently they eat them.🐌
If you want to keep the eggs you have to remove them from the tank.
If only i could convince myself they're slow release fertiliser 😀