A FURTHER RECORD OF THE NEW-ZEALAND FLATWORM ARTIOPOSTHIA-TRIANGULATA(DENDY) IN ENGLAND

Studies have shown the New Zealand flatworm to be a predator of earthw orms and to be widely distributed throughout most of Ireland and Scotl and. Except for one record in 1965, it had not been found in England u ntil, in December 1992, it was positively identified from a garden cen tre near Manchester. Viable and empty egg capsules were also found sug gesting that it had reproduced and become established in that nursery. During 1993 other confirmed reports were received from Yorkshire and East Anglia, indicating that it may be able to survive and multiply ac ross large areas of England.