![]() ![]() ![]() Capsules take approximately 2 months to hatch (Blackshaw, 1997). Hermaphrodite, producing ~6 capsules per adult, laid from March to October with a peak in early summer (Blackshaw, 1997). Mires, bogs & fens Grasslands and landscapes dominated by forbs, mosses or lichens Regularly or recently cultivated agricultural, horticultural or domestic habitat Constructed, industrial or other artificial habitats Reproduction ![]() terrestris but not on epigecic species (worms that live on the surface or in leaf litter), (Murchie & Gordon, 2013). The impact on earthworm biomass was particularly acute in the case of anecic species (worms that make permanent burrows in the soil) such as L. New Zealand flatworms have been shown to significantly reduce the biomass of earthworms ( Lumbricus terrestris and, to a lesser extent, Aporrectodea longa) in field plot experiments (Murchie & Gordon, 2013). Produces shiny, black oval eggs (capsules), 1-2mm in width (Booy et al., 2015). Up to 15cm in length and can weigh more than 2g (Blackshaw, 1990). Entire body covered in a fouling smelling sticky mucus. Flatworm with a very flat body, non-segmented and pointed at both ends brown upper body (often dark brown to purplish) with pale speckled edges and with a pale buff coloured underside with grey-brown specks (Booy et al., 2015). ![]()
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