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Nematomorpha/horsehair worms
angelabarrett21
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Hello,
We have just laid some new turf in our back garden. It was laid six weeks ago and today my husband spotted, in the grass, long, thin, hair-like worms, reaching upward. After an online search we have found it to be nematomorpha / horsehair worms. Does anybody know if a: this is dangerous to humans? And b: if there is a way to treat it.
We have just laid some new turf in our back garden. It was laid six weeks ago and today my husband spotted, in the grass, long, thin, hair-like worms, reaching upward. After an online search we have found it to be nematomorpha / horsehair worms. Does anybody know if a: this is dangerous to humans? And b: if there is a way to treat it.
Thank you so much.
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https://www.wildlifetrusts.org/wildlife-explorer/marine/worms/horsehair-worm
not dangerous unless you're a Grasshopper.
In the sticks near Peterborough
Horsehair worms are not harmful to humans … theyre simply part of the ecology of your garden … nothing to worry about
https://www.wildlifetrusts.org/wildlife-explorer/marine/worms/horsehair-worm
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.