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Tag Archives: slug
Stowaways in potted plants
Potted plants can seem so benign. Beautiful, fascinating, good to grow and give, but they may carry invasive species which are not benign. Tom Bawden at The Independent tells us about invasive species reaching Europe, including the New Guinea flatworm … Continue reading
Posted in ecology, horticulture, money and trade
Tagged alien species, America, Argentine ant, arthropod, Asia, Asian hornet, beetle, biosecurity, coleopteran, Europe, flatworm, garden, harlequin ladybird, herbivore, hymenopteran, insect, invasive species, invertebrate, ladybird, landscape, lepidopteran, light brown apple moth, lily beetle, mollusc, moth, native species, New Guinea flatworm, New Zealand flatworm, oak processionary moth, pest, plant_dicot, plant_gymnosperm, plant_monocot, predator, rosemary leaf beetle, slug, snail, Spanish slug
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We love hedgehogs!
Originally posted on Wood Elf Weekly:
How cute is this little fellow? Photo from the Guardian. Hedgehogs (Erinaceus europaeus) are probably one of the UK’s cutest and most iconic woodland mammals, and often feature in some of our most popular literature…
Posted in ecology
Tagged art, conservation, garden, gastropod, hedgehog, hibernation, invertebrate, mammal, predator, slug, vertebrate
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Pests and wildlife in the year that was
Lewis at Woodlands.co.uk tells us how 2012 – a rather wet year was a good one for slugs in Britain, especially the Spanish stealth slug (Arion flagellu) which I mentioned in July. A good year for slugs is bad news … Continue reading
Posted in agriculture, ecology, horticulture
Tagged alien species, apple, arboriculture, Arion flagellu, arthropod, bird, butterfly, climate, ecosystem, gastropod, honey, honeybee, hymenopteran, insect, invasive species, invertebrate, lepidopteran, mollusc, native species, pest, slug, vertebrate, water, weather, wild bee, wildlife
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