“Invasive slugs and snails (as well as native ones) can cause damage to garden plants, and hammerhead flatworms are predators to earthworms and other invertebrates,” said McClure. Invasive species can cause declines to native species through competition for habitat and food or disease and parasitic transmission, among other things. McClure also noted that “hammerhead worms have been well-established in Texas for many years, although there may be new invasions of other species of hammerhead worms happening too.” KSAT reached out to Matt McClure with the Texas State University Invasive Species Institute who said that the black velvet slugs have been established in the San Antonio area over the last several years. Turns out, it’s also an invasive species. “I read they are invasive so I put it in a bag with salt and alcohol,” Gudopp-Kelly said.Īnnie Villaroman captured a photo of a black velvet slug by her North Side house last week and shared it to social media because she thought it was beautiful. SAN ANTONIO – A number of invasive worms and slugs have been seen in the San Antonio area recently after a few weeks of rainy weather.Īlana Gudopp-Kelly, who lives in Stone Oak, spotted a hammerhead worm climbing a pillar in front of her house in the area behind Reagan High School.
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