Shmuel, yes I did know that they are predators of slugs and snails. We also have slow-worms a kind of legless lizard that eats many gasteropods too. Hedge-hogs are having a rough time with all the tolls of road kill here. The french drive too fast! Against the wild boar I have electric fencing which is effective enough. I am glad I don't have hyrax! Mark " Message du 01/11/13 08:08 > De : "Shmuel Silinsky" We have glow worms here in Israel, though I don't know if they > are closely related. A great advantage - they eat snails!! Also, a > favorite food of hedgehogs here is snails and slugs. We are plagued by > imported escargot and I am glad there is some natural control, but still > doesn't keep those monsters down. > > A new "pest" I've seen in my yard this year is rock hyrax!!! They are > multiplying like crazy in the native are near me and, alas, there are no > leopards around to keep their numbers down. Hopefully the eagles will get > on the job. The hyrax have not bothered my bulbs, but they do go for fruit > tree leaves etc and are quite good at climbing. A hidden plus: they chase > feral cats out of my yard! > > But as you all say, that's the joy of an ecosystem." _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.ibiblio.org http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/