slug-like things on marsh marigold

 

Hi

I've just been helping to get things ready for the charity plant
sale where I work, and we've been given a couple of marsh
marigolds (Caltha palustris). One of them is covered in what
looks like see-through slugs, anything upto an inch and a half
long.

Has anyone any idea what these might be? Thought at first they
were where sap had oozed, but they definitely look more fauna
than flora... google is not helping!


jane

Chiltern Hills, 140m above sea level.

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jane@moonrose.demonmapson.co.uk says...

If they have been in water then they could be water snail eggs
--
Charlie Pridham, Gardening in Cornwall
www.roselandhouse.co.uk
Holders of national collections of Clematis viticella cultivars and
Lapageria rosea

 


If the marsh marigolds were growing in the water rather than on the
bank, or had their leaves dipping into the water, they could be water
snail eggs. Jelly lumps about an inch long and a quarter of an inch
wide, which later start getting small dots in them as the snails begin
to develop. Usually on the underneath of the leaves or on stems.
--
Kay

 

wrote:

~>Hi
~>
~>I've just been helping to get things ready for the charity plant
~>sale where I work, and we've been given a couple of marsh
~>marigolds (Caltha palustris). One of them is covered in what
~>looks like see-through slugs, anything upto an inch and a half
~>long.
~>
~>Has anyone any idea what these might be? Thought at first they
~>were where sap had oozed, but they definitely look more fauna
~>than flora... google is not helping!
~>
~If the marsh marigolds were growing in the water rather than on the
~bank, or had their leaves dipping into the water, they could be water
~snail eggs. Jelly lumps about an inch long and a quarter of an inch
~wide, which later start getting small dots in them as the snails begin
~to develop. Usually on the underneath of the leaves or on stems.

Hello Charlie and Kay,

That fits the bill exactly!

We didn't sell the plants just in case they were anything nasty;
if they are water snails then they should be OK in a slightly
over-elodea'd frog and goldfish pond, shouldn't they?

(Though I'm going to have a cull of the elodea in the next week
or so - probably to the disgust of the fish but benefit of my
swamped miniature nymphaea)

Many thanks for your replies!


jane

Chiltern Hills, 140m above sea level.

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wrote:

~>wrote:
~>
~>~>
~>~If the marsh marigolds were growing in the water rather than on the
~>~bank, or had their leaves dipping into the water, they could be water
~>~snail eggs. Jelly lumps about an inch long and a quarter of an inch
~>~wide, which later start getting small dots in them as the snails begin
~>~to develop. Usually on the underneath of the leaves or on stems.
~>
~>Hello Charlie and Kay,
~>
~>That fits the bill exactly!
~>
~>We didn't sell the plants just in case they were anything nasty;
~>if they are water snails then they should be OK in a slightly
~>over-elodea'd frog and goldfish pond, shouldn't they?
~
~The fish will enjoy the addition to their diet.
~>

:-)
Well they've already scoffed the poor tadpoles... greedy things!
There's only three of them but they are good at why they're there
- keeping mozzies at bay.


jane

Chiltern Hills, 140m above sea level.

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