Naturalist sought

[devonwoody]

What you are looking at above is a water gauge tube.

Inside the tube are two snails that have grown the past month.

How did they get into that tube, did they come down with rain?

 

[bugbear]

What you are looking at above is a water gauge tube.

Inside the tube are two snails that have grown the past month.

How did they get into that tube, did they come down with rain?

The simplest explanation would seem to be that they climbed
up the outside of the tube, and then down the inside.

BugBear

 

[Ian down london way]

Spontaneous generation of life

 

[Jonzjob]

Now! If you were this side of the ditch they would be dinner next week mate, with lots of garlic! Yum yum!!

 

[bugbear]

Spontaneous generation of life

Of course. What was I thinking?

BugBear

 

[devonwoody]

What you are looking at above is a water gauge tube.

Inside the tube are two snails that have grown the past month.

How did they get into that tube, did they come down with rain?

The simplest explanation would seem to be that they climbed
up the outside of the tube, and then down the inside.

BugBear

Buts that's why I took the photograph, the journey would be a work of art to get inside the tube, and they were only around 3mm wide last week.

I have heard it rains cats and dogs, so I thought snails and proof with the picture. :?

 

[Random Orbital Bob]

eggs may have been inside the tube already....hatched and have been growing since.

 

[bugbear]

Buts that's why I took the photograph, the journey would be a work of art to get inside the tube, and they were only around 3mm wide last week.

I have heard it rains cats and dogs, so I thought snails and proof with the picture. :?

Am I missing something? The funnel at the top is perfectly open, I assume?

BugBear

 

[Phil Pascoe]

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[RogerS]

I thought you said 'naturist' !

 

[devonwoody]

Roger you must have a good selection hidden away on your harddrive

I still say they came down with the rain or perhaps spread by a bird sitting ( not the other), on one of the weather vane arms.

 

[Farmer Giles]

I too was thinking of looking through back copies of Health and Efficiency until I read the title again

I think the answer could be bird poo

 

[woodfarmer]

I have a snail problem in my greenhouse. The seedlings are on a plastic table with all four legs standing in old creosote cans with a water (and creosote) in them. The snails still managed to eat all of my sweet pepper seedlings, I think they are parachuting down from the roof.

 

[RogerS]

I have a snail problem in my greenhouse. The seedlings are on a plastic table with all four legs standing in old creosote cans with a water (and creosote) in them. The snails still managed to eat all of my sweet pepper seedlings, I think they are parachuting down from the roof.

Basic zoology. Snail eggs live in the soil. The soil that you planted your seedlings in. You need nematodes. https://ladybirdplantcare.co.uk/slug.html