I'm a latecomer to this thread, but those are fabulous photos @Lyn. I saw a programme about them years ago, and those photos are definitely how they 'get jiggy'. I remember being repulsed and fascinated in equal measure! I love @wild edges pix too. I'll need to have a look out for those hairy snails. Never heard of those. I'll need to do a search and see if we even get them here. The other ones with the rings- we have loads of those, and apparently they're quite harmless, but not sure. Definitely easier to manage than the kids though Most of our snails here are those giant bandits that hide in the Phormiums - ready to go...
I'm always fascinated by how quickly the wasps move in if you squish a snail. Maybe that's why we have so many wasps
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
I’ve never noticed wasps going for dead snails, strangely we haven’t had any wasps this year, don’t know why, we never kill a wasp, not after I saw them hoovering up greenfly on my pepper plants. Hope that’s not another thing in decline.
My snails are fascinating to watch, I’m holding this little one from the start, I can’t hold the big ones, my daughter does, she’s braver than me.
I’ve read that they can die after mating as it very strenuous and the dart has to go right into the body which can kill them. I’d like to see them laying the eggs, they come from the back of the head where the mating organs are.
Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor.
Well, that rules it out then @wild edges - not venturing out with a magnifying glass in the dark!
I had a look though, and there doesn't seem to be much evidence of them round here. More sightings further east though. We get loads of wasps @Lyn. I've got 2 nests this year - they've nested in the bee house I made, after the bees took over the hog house [ ] and there's another one in a raised bed that the access from the other side of the fence it's against. I took a photo of the nest in the bee box and out it on one of the threads recently. Wildlife one maybe?
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
I saw your nest @Fairygirl. We had a nest year before last, right in the bank where OH parked his truck, everytime he opened the door a few came out, he just ignored then and they never stung or came near to him. Agree with you about the magnifying glass at night
Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor.
I nought something recently @Lyn - and frankly, I'm thinking of getting one anyway. I can't tell you how tiny the writing is on the instructions! Earlier this year, I had to work on the fence in the area between the two nests. That was fun They don't really bother me though.
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Instructions have to be written very tiny there’s probably 50 different languages written there, I couldn’t be without mine. That and a rubber thing for opening bottles and jars. Oh the joys of getting old. 😀
Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor.
I do the 'tapping on the lid with the handle of a knife' for opening jars. I find that much better than the rubber doofers I don't usually have too great a problem with the tiny printing, but this one was ridiculous!
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
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I love @wild edges pix too. I'll need to have a look out for those hairy snails. Never heard of those. I'll need to do a search and see if we even get them here. The other ones with the rings- we have loads of those, and apparently they're quite harmless, but not sure. Definitely easier to manage than the kids though
Most of our snails here are those giant bandits that hide in the Phormiums - ready to go...
I'm always fascinated by how quickly the wasps move in if you squish a snail. Maybe that's why we have so many wasps
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
My snails are fascinating to watch, I’m holding this little one from the start, I can’t hold the big ones, my daughter does, she’s braver than me.
I’ve read that they can die after mating as it very strenuous and the dart has to go right into the body which can kill them. I’d like to see them laying the eggs, they come from the back of the head where the mating organs are.
I had a look though, and there doesn't seem to be much evidence of them round here. More sightings further east though.
We get loads of wasps @Lyn. I've got 2 nests this year - they've nested in the bee house I made, after the bees took over the hog house [
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Agree with you about the magnifying glass at night
Earlier this year, I had to work on the fence in the area between the two nests. That was fun
They don't really bother me though.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
I don't usually have too great a problem with the tiny printing, but this one was ridiculous!
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...