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| Razee |
Posted - 18/04/2013 : 13:22:42
I've already seen some slow worms in our compost heap this year, but only adults. Today, when topping up the compost heap, I saw this little cutie:
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... and one next to my hand, for size comparison :-)
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It was tiny! 
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| Razee |
Posted - 20/04/2013 : 15:59:35
Does anyone know, why has the first photo disappeared? It is still on the photobucket... BUT - 2 of my other photos have disappeared from the photobucket.
Is there a way of contacting the provider? Also, several times, my settings were changed to "public", although I set them at "private" and saved the settings? |
| smart bunny |
Posted - 20/04/2013 : 11:34:56
Oh what a nightmare :( Those slow worms will do well in your garden then lol! |
| Razee |
Posted - 19/04/2013 : 17:09:21
I tried getting rid of the ants - we have been battling it out for years, and, sadly, they are winning. Our whole garden seems to be overrun by various kinds of ants. I thought that black and red ants generally try to eradicate each other, but in our garden, the blighters cooperate. They've destroyed a couple of my potted plants by surreptitiously moving in, and making nest extensions in them. They farm aphids on a large scale. We have two huge humps in the lawn. I can't grow anything in certain areas, as they just dig under,kill the seedlings, or nick the seeds.
I draw a line at them invading my bonsai, though. After they attacked several of them, and tried to move into the pots, I've declared a war, and spread ant poison around the bonsai. They withdrew. Now we have an uneasy truce - they don't touch my bonsai, but they've taken over some parts of ( well, most ) garden... :-(
I like the slow worms even more now that I learned the babies eat ants :-)
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| smart bunny |
Posted - 19/04/2013 : 16:45:54
Lol better not kill the ants then Razee! |
| Razee |
Posted - 19/04/2013 : 15:59:42
I just found out, why they don't mind the anthills in the compost heap. Apparently, babies live in/ near anthills, as they like to feed on ant's pupae! |
| smart bunny |
Posted - 19/04/2013 : 09:41:33
Wow so lucky, I've never seen a slow worm in real life either... or a native lizard come to that! |
| mjpeters |
Posted - 18/04/2013 : 23:58:27
It wasn't so much month as season-we tend to be about 6 degrees hotter than mainland southern england,the south side of the Island is another 3 degrees than the rest of the Island.We see lots of slow worms esp.babies when we have a warm humid spring.I guess May onwards.
When its warmer I'll keep my eye out for a photo shoot!
We also have lots of wall lizards on the south of the island,We only see then when it is HOT.Then they are like little jewels just sunning themselves on the rocks-they are bloody quick too.I'll take pics later in the year  |
| Razee |
Posted - 18/04/2013 : 20:28:17
Match stick! Oh my, do you happen to remember what month was it? I will be keeping my eyes open for them... and I thought this one was tiny! |
| mjpeters |
Posted - 18/04/2013 : 19:35:36
WOW Razee,lovely pics! We have lots of slow worms here on the Isle of Wight.Last year we were blessed to see some very newborn ones they were as big as a match stick.I guess your little one is a youngster from last season.
Congrats on making such a positive environment for them  |
| mjpeters |
Posted - 18/04/2013 : 19:28:41
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Originally posted by Razee
Thanks, guys - it's still in there now, just seen it again :-)
I'm amazed they stay there, to be honest, as there are also several ants nests in there - but they seem to share ok. The heat inside the compost heap is unbelievable - I saw there are lots of tunnels, so I think the slow worms are thermoregulating, just by going to various parts of the compost heap. They are normally quite hard to photograph, you only have a few seconds, as they're blinking in the light, and then they slowly slither off into the tunnels. The baby was quite cooperative today, though, and I had my mobile on me :-)
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| Razee |
Posted - 18/04/2013 : 18:10:39
Thanks, guys - it's still in there now, just seen it again :-)
I'm amazed they stay there, to be honest, as there are also several ants nests in there - but they seem to share ok. The heat inside the compost heap is unbelievable - I saw there are lots of tunnels, so I think the slow worms are thermoregulating, just by going to various parts of the compost heap. They are normally quite hard to photograph, you only have a few seconds, as they're blinking in the light, and then they slowly slither off into the tunnels. The baby was quite cooperative today, though, and I had my mobile on me :-) |
| Moppet |
Posted - 18/04/2013 : 17:10:37
Wow, that's very cool  |
| lupi lou |
Posted - 18/04/2013 : 16:45:52
so cute! wise i found cool things like that in our compost bin, all I ever find are slugs and snails :-( |
| herriotfan |
Posted - 18/04/2013 : 15:57:37
Tiny little chap! |
| scottishbluebird |
Posted - 18/04/2013 : 15:41:40
You are so lucky! so cute and diddy |
| Red123 |
Posted - 18/04/2013 : 15:38:10
That is so cute . Never seen one in person though  |
