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Australian Flatworm
Australoplana sanguinea alba
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Description:
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Facts:
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About 8mm wide and 4 cm long when not moving. They are a light brown on their backs with lighter coloured underside. They prey on earth worms and are difficult to eradicate because most treatments will also kill the native species of earth worm. In most respects they are a smaller version of the New Zealand Flatworm |
Introduced: |
1980
(Scillies)
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Origin:
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Australia
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Location:
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South
of UK
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Status:
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Increasing
and spreading northwards
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Problems:
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Comments:
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| Predates on native earthworms which are essential for soil health and as food for other wild life. | |||