Estonia, Finland, Denmark … There are several European countries that have given the alarm In recent weeks due to the appearance of a species with a name that evokes Spain and is considered an invasive species. It bears the scientific name of Arion Vulgaris, which in Spain is known as a common slug, but in large part of the world is popularly designated as the ‘Spanish slug’.
This is one of the hundred invasive species cataloged within the framework of the Daisie European project. And in their fight against it, European countries have begun to develop their own strategies, although the last one that has been tried to implement It has ended up generating more concern than relief.
The Customs and Tax Department of Estonia A cargo with up to 30 million microscopic parasites intercepted at Tallin airport brought to fight the Spanish slug. However, the alarms have jumped in fear that the remedy is worse than the disease, as reported by the medium .
The Pasitos, named Phasmarhabditis Californica, were expected to become allies of the gardeners, but now the country’s authorities are worried that these organisms also become a threateningA for local species.
The deputy director of the Nature Research Center of the State Institute for Lithuania Research, Zigmantas Gudžinskas, confirmed to the same means as the introduction of any exotic organism represents a significant threat to biodiversity and that biological control measures against invading organisms or pests They often cause more damage than well.
Meanwhile, the slug called Spanish continues to cause strata in the orchards and gardens of much of Europe. Although it should be noted that experts consider that this type of gastropod mollusk is native to Spain and France, curiously, that invasive species status is in doubt by genetic studies that point out that it could be natural of the entire Central European territory. What is not in doubt is its destructive capacity in the field of horticulture.
