Horticulture

PLANT & INSECT PROBLEMS

Please send good quality full size photos of your plant or insect problems, both close up and far away to roy.flora@ag.tamu.edu. Please include as much detailed information about the plant or insect in your email as possible.

We will get back to you as soon as possible. If it is an urgent problem call our office at 936-334-3230.  Thank you for your patience and understanding at this time.

 

HAMMERHEAD FLATWORM/ HAMMERHEAD SLUG – Updated 04/28/2022

HAMMERHEAD FLATWORM/ HAMMERHEAD SLUG

Photographer: C. Neff
Source: TISI Citizen Report

Please follow the link below for detailed information on the invasive hammerhead flatworm, such as, identification, management, handling, and instructions how to contact Texas Invasive Species Institute with your pictures to report sightings.

http://www.tsusinvasives.org/home/database/bipalium-kewense

Texas Invasive Species Institute, in an effort, to truly understand the established range of the predatory flatworm in Texas, TISI is requesting distributional data of this flatworm. Please take a picture along with coordinates for distribution and send a to email Ashley Morgan-Olvera, M.Sc. invasives@shsu.edu for further information.

 

** When handling live flatworms please use gloves, paper towel or a stick, and hands should be washed in warm soapy water, and rinsed in alcohol or a standard hand disinfectant. **

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