Caenoplana variegata is known more commonly as the
Southampton Flatworm
(sometimes called the Yellow-striped Flatworm)
and has only recently been
added to the Nottinghamshire list, when one was found eating a wasp in
the courtyard of
Nottingham University's Life Sciences building in
September 2021 (Thomas Hartman per Tim Sexton).
But there have been two more recent records, both coming in quick
succession from garden centres. One large adult measuring around 10cm in
length, was found coiled underneath a section of railway sleeper
at a Lambley garden centre in August 2024, and three were found together
(including one adult) under a damp piece of wood in an unheated
greenhouse at a Normanton garden centre (Pendleton, T.A.).
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