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The lizard episode that I posted a couple of weeks back seems to have amused several members, so perhaps the following will generate some help for my wife and I - plus some amusement for you lot.
But 1st a lizard update - as last posted a couple of weeks ago, when he last appeared we were standing by with a cold water spray. After a quick squirt he clearly was NOT happy 'cos he disappeared at his usual high rate of knots and hasn't been seen since.
In the meantime - what the hell is this "thing" please, and more to the point, how do we get rid of it/them permanently?
He's approx. 4 to 6 inches long and was slowly wandering along the lawn while I was taking a break from the workshop. We THINK he (and his mates?) are MAYBE responsible for some quite deep holes recently found in the lawn which are pretty large - about the diameter of my thumb and at least 6 inches deep as far as we can tell - but without any signs of earth spoil around the entry to the holes like worm casts.
ALSO we're a bit worried as there's a fairly young willow about a couple of metres away from where this geezer was found on the lawn and there are similar holes appearing in the main trunk of that tree, the only difference being that the entries to these holes appear to be surrounded by fine dark brown saw dust.
I tried to get a couple of better pix of him, ideally turning him over as well, but sod's law dictated that my camera battery ran out and by the time I rushed in and fitted a new set he's disappeared, presumably into a nearby hole in the lawn.
Since taking this pix yesterday, we've had almost continual heavy rain and although I have looked several times he hasn't re-appeared so far. Rain is forecast for the whole forthcoming weekend so I don't hold out much hope of another sighting soon.
I know there are lots of people here with much more knowledge than my wife and I so we're hopeful of some good steers - for example, knowing absolutely nothing about what to call him, would you Google something like "ugly pink garden slug/worm/bug"?
TIA
AES
But 1st a lizard update - as last posted a couple of weeks ago, when he last appeared we were standing by with a cold water spray. After a quick squirt he clearly was NOT happy 'cos he disappeared at his usual high rate of knots and hasn't been seen since.
In the meantime - what the hell is this "thing" please, and more to the point, how do we get rid of it/them permanently?
He's approx. 4 to 6 inches long and was slowly wandering along the lawn while I was taking a break from the workshop. We THINK he (and his mates?) are MAYBE responsible for some quite deep holes recently found in the lawn which are pretty large - about the diameter of my thumb and at least 6 inches deep as far as we can tell - but without any signs of earth spoil around the entry to the holes like worm casts.
ALSO we're a bit worried as there's a fairly young willow about a couple of metres away from where this geezer was found on the lawn and there are similar holes appearing in the main trunk of that tree, the only difference being that the entries to these holes appear to be surrounded by fine dark brown saw dust.
I tried to get a couple of better pix of him, ideally turning him over as well, but sod's law dictated that my camera battery ran out and by the time I rushed in and fitted a new set he's disappeared, presumably into a nearby hole in the lawn.
Since taking this pix yesterday, we've had almost continual heavy rain and although I have looked several times he hasn't re-appeared so far. Rain is forecast for the whole forthcoming weekend so I don't hold out much hope of another sighting soon.
I know there are lots of people here with much more knowledge than my wife and I so we're hopeful of some good steers - for example, knowing absolutely nothing about what to call him, would you Google something like "ugly pink garden slug/worm/bug"?
TIA
AES
