nz flatworms (waswhere is the archives for this list? was

updated thu 20 mar 03

Tony and Moira Ryan on thu 20 mar 03

Mary Ann Mikulski wrote:
Actually Mary Ann they live on native worms which inhabit the bush but
which don't service our gardens. For this we depend on imported species.

The flatworms do not come into _our_ gardens because they are very
sensitive to heat and live naturally in the coolest forest conditions in
the South Island only. That is also why they have never spread into the
warmer areas in Britain.

Moira
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Tony & Moira Ryan,
Wainuiomata, North Island, NZ. Pictures of our garden at:-
http://mywebpages.comcast.net/cherie1/Garden/TonyandMoira/index.htm