Tag: snails
Releases 1,300 snails on uninhabited island – after threat of extinction
For over 100 years it was believed that The land snails from Desertas Island were extinct. Then researchers found less than 400 tiny mini snails. After a rescue operation has…
More than 1,300 critically endangered snails were released onto the island | News in brief
On Saturday, 1,329 endangered snails were released to the Desertas Islands in the North Atlantic, reports BBC. Conservationists had found a small population of snails near Madeira that were thought…
This is how you get rid of killer snails
The reason is the damp and rainy weather and there is a risk that it will get even worse soon, says Von Proschwitz – Now they have started laying eggs…
Emelie has army of ducks in the garden – eats the killer snails
Snails, just like all other animals, fulfill an important function in the food chain. But when it comes to killer snails, there is no stopping appetite or reproduction. One snail…
Killer snails – how to fight them most effectively
expand-left full screen The wet spring has made Swedish gardens teeming with slimy killer snails this year. Snail expert Ted von Proschwitz gives his best tips on how to get…
Anette Nilsson’s trick against killer snails: Ducks
If you want to get rid of killer slugs – get ducks. That’s how Anette and Stefan Nilsson from Svalöv got rid of the problem. – In the evenings when…
Marijke makes art with pods and snails: ‘We are very inclined to want to hold on to everything and that is not possible’
“My passion is actually transience and the beauty of everyday things. I find it fascinating that everything does not exist forever, because we are very inclined to want to hold…
Three tips: How to get rid of the killer snails
2024 has been a favorable year for the killer snails so far. – I’ve taken about a hundred already, she says. Here she talks about her fight against the killer…
The expert: That’s why you should kill killer snails on Saturday
The season starts early this year, lots of rainfall followed by high temperatures have created good conditions for the killer snails. – I saw the ones that were up already…
Luc’s garden safari: ‘spiders, snails, bumblebees and butterflies: there is more life on your roof terrace than you might think!’
Utrecht – In June, Luc’s garden safari moves to a roof terrace in the center of Utrecht. Perhaps not the most nature-friendly environment, you might think. Yet with many flowering…