A new all white worm-eating slug has been discovered in back
gardens in south Wales. Gardeners in south Wales should not be
surprised if they find an all-white, worm-munching slimy
creature in their flowerbeds this summer. A "ghost" slug found
in a garden in Cardiff has been declared a new species by
specialists at the National Museum of Wales and Cardiff
University. They have given the creature a partially Welsh name,
Selenochlamys ysbryda, or ghost (ysbryd) slug. Creatures of this
type are more usually found in Turkey and Georgia. The origin of
the ghost slug, and its route into Britain, is completely
unknown, and specimens have not been seen in Europe before this
was discovered in Cardiff last year. Another was was spotted in
nearby Caerphilly. Unlike most slugs, the ghost slug is
carnivorous and kills earthworms at night with powerful, blade-
like teeth, sucking them in like spaghetti. It has no eyes or
bodily colouring and lives underground. "The Ghost Slug belongs
to an obscure and almost unpronounceable