Gardeners are being urged to kill non-native species of flatworms found in the UK, and have been warned not to touch them. The worms can kill native snails and earthwrosm - disrupting the local ecosystem - and can be aggravating to human skin, reports Glasgow Live.
Scientists say the arrival of the worms in the UK could be a threat to our farms and gardens. Taking to Instagram, Gabrielle Reith, who lives in Scotland, wrote: "UK folks...If you find a worm in your garden that looks like this then please kill them!
"They are the invasive New Zealand Flat Worm and kill our earth worms by wrapping round them and dissolving them into pink gloop!
