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Flatworms to be found in and around Torphins Wood, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.

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Torphins is a village in upper Deeside, Aberdeenshire Scotland. There is nothing particularly special about the wood, it is a mixed species coniferous/deciduous wood, so things found there can probably be found in many other Scottish, British or even European woods. For more information on Torphins itself and the human population there go to Torphins.org.
Insects, beetles 1, 2, ground beetles 1 2, springtails, earwigs, flies, true bugs, bumblebees, bees, wasps, sawflies, butterflies and moths 1 2 3 lacewings etc., dragonflies and damselflies, stoneflies, Flatworms Slugs/snails Worms/leeches Lice
Millipedes/centipedes etc. Spiders 1, 2, harvestmen, mites, ticks, etc. Woodlice, water fleas, cyclops  
Arthurdendys traingulatus New Zealand flatworm, formerly Artioposthia traingulata

New Zealand flatworm, Arthurdendyus traiangulatus, formerly known as Artioposthia traiangulatus.

Flound in the soil under stones and other surfaces.

Length is 5 - 170 mm.

More on the New Zealand flatworm and other flatworms

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